The present state of Russia
Subtitle: in two volumes : being an account of the government of that country, both civil and ecclesiastical; of the Czar's forces by sea and land, the regulation of his finances, the several methods he made use of to civilize his people and improve the country, his transactions with several eastern princes, and what happened most remarkable at his court, particularly in relation to the late Czarewitz, from the year 1714, to 1720 : the whole being the journal of a foreign minister who resided in Russia at that time : with a description of Petersbourg and Cronslot, and several other pieces relating to the affairs of Russia
By: translated from the High- Dutch ; to which is added a general map of the Czar's dominions, according to the latest observations
Series: Eighteenth century collections online
Publisher: Printed for W. Taylor, in Pater-noster-Row, W. and J. Innys at the West-End of St. Paul's, and J. Osborn in Lombard-street
Published: 1722
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Copyright date: 1723
Subjects: Description and travel; Early works to 1800; Politics and government; Khanty; Northern War, 1700-1721; Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ
Work titles: Veränderte Russland
Notes: Translation of Das Veränderte Russland, by Friedrich Christian Weber.

Vol. 1 has the collective t.p., and a volume t.p. Vol. 2 has volume t.p. only. Each volume t.p. has short title, volume contents, and imprint. T.p. for v. 2 dated 1722.

Printed by Willian Bowyer. Cf. ESTC.

Signatures: v.1: A⁸ a-b⁸ B-Z⁸; v.2: A-2D⁸.

Vol. 1: [48], 352 p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v.2: 432 p.

Errata: v. 1, p. [40], 1st group.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ESTC T105295
Table of contents: title: (from volume title-pages) v.1: I. An account of the government of the country ... from the year 1714 to 1720. II. A description of Petersbourg and Cronslot, with the plan of the first and the prospect of the latter.; title: v. 2: I. Laurence Lange's Journey from Petersbourg to Peking in China. II. John Bernard Muller's Description of the Ostiacks, a nation in Siberia. III. The criminal proceedings against the late Czarewitz, as published by authority. IV. Justification of the Swedish war against Russia: and, the answer to it drawn up by a Russian minister of state. V. A project offered to his Czarish Majesty by some doctors of the Sorbone at Paris, for an union between the churches of Rome and Russia. VI. M. Le Brun's Observations on his journey through Russia to Persia.