Peter the Great
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 700
ISBN-13: 9781417971435
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Russia; Historical - General
First sentence: IMMEDIATELY after the capture of Nyenskanz, a council of war was convened to consider the question of defending and utilising the mouth of the Neva, and whether it would be better to strengthen the little fort which had just been taken, or to seek a fit site for a commercial town nearer the sea.