page_title: Timeline of Russian innovation
section_title: Early 18th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Russian innovation / Tsardom of Russia / Early 18th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Example of work by Alexey Zubov "Panoramic View of St. Petersburg", dated 1716 - copyright expired
context_page_description: This timeline of Russian Innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia, from the Early East Slavs up to the Russian Federation.
  The entries in this timeline fall into the following categories:
  indigenous inventions, like airliners, AC transformers, radio receivers, television, artificial satellites, ICBMs
  uniquely Russian products, objects and events, like Saint Basil's Cathedral, Matryoshka dolls, Russian vodka
  products and objects with superlative characteristics, like the Tsar Bomba, the AK-47, and the Typhoon class submarine
  scientific and medical discoveries, like the periodic law, vitamins and stem cells
  This timeline includes scientific and medical discoveries, products and technologies introduced by various peoples of Russia and its predecessor states, regardless of ethnicity, and also lists inventions by naturalized immigrant citizens. Certain innovations achieved internationally may also appear in this timeline in cases where the Russian side played a major role in such projects.
context_section_description: Table-glass
  The table-glass or granyonyi stakan (literally faceted glass) is a type of drinkware made from especially hard and thick glass, having a faceted form. Granyonyi stakan has certain advantages over the other drinkware, since due to its form and hardness it is more difficult to break. It is arguably handier in usage on moving trains or rolling ships, where it is less prone to tip and fall, or slip from hands, and less likely to break upon hitting the floor. A legend says that the first known Russian faceted glass was given as a present to Tsar Peter the Great from a glass-maker called Yefim Smolin, living in Vladimir Oblast. He boasted to Tsar that his glass couldn't be broken. Tsar Peter liked the present, however, after drinking some alcoholic beverage from it, he threw the glass on the ground and managed to break it. Still Peter didn't punish the glass-maker, and the production of such glasses continued, while the Russian tradition of breaking drinkware on certain occasions originated from that episode.
  1704 Decimal currency
  The decimal currency is a type of currency that is based on one basic unit and a sub-unit which is a power of 10, typically 100. Most modern currencies adhere to this pattern. Russia was the first country to introduce such a currency after decimalisation of its financial system in 1704, during the reign of Peter the Great, when Russian ruble was made equal to 100 kopecks.
  1717 Metal lathe compound slide
  by Andrey Nartov.  A compound slide on a metal lathe adds the ability to turn tapers more easily, and may be used to turn more precise diameters.  They are a standard feature of modern manually operated lathes.
  1718 Yacht club
  The yacht club is a sports club specifically related to sailing and yachting. The oldest yacht club in the world, by date of establishment, is the Neva Yacht Club, founded by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great in 1718 in St. Petersburg (likely, the idea had been devised as early as 1716, when the First Neva Shipyard started building civilian vessels). Though, since it was not a purely voluntary association of members, but an organisation founded by Tsar's decree, the Neva Yacht Club's being the world's oldest is challenged by the Royal Cork Yacht Club in Ireland, founded in 1720. Both clubs have gone through periods of dormancy and undergone various name changes.
caption: A view of St. Petersburg by Alexey Zubov, 1716. Shows yachts and war ships on the Neva River.
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