Author : Eugene Schuyler
Release : 2018-03-21
Genre : History
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Download or read book Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Eugene Schuyler. This book was released on 2018-03-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, Vol. 2 of 2: A Study of Historical Biography Osteria of the Four Frigates, shows an Italian influence on some who surrounded Peter. In spite of disease and mortality among the men, in spite of the floods, which evsu in the first year covered nearly the Whole place and drowned some who were too ill to move, the work went on. Lut in its infancy St. Petersburg was constantly in danger from the Swedes, both by sea and land. During 1703. It was threatened from the side of Finland by General Kron hjort, who was encamped with a large force on the banks of the river Sestra, and Vice-admiral Nummers, with nine ships, lay at anchor all the summer Off the mouth of the Neva. Kron. Hjort was repulsed, and Peter then devoted all his attention to getting down some ships which he was building on the river Svir, between Lake Ladoga and Lake Oncga. He went there himself, and for a long time personally superintended their con struction. Finally, after great difficulty from the dangerous navigation on Lake Ladoga, he succeeded in getting the frigate 'standard' and a few transports into the Neva. \vhen the cold weather came, Kummers withdrew with his fleet to a Pin nish port, and Peter, on his yacht, attended by a galliot, went out into the gulf to explore. In spite of the floating ice, he sailed as far as retu-saari, or Iiotlin Island, as it was called by the Russians, and himself measured the depth of the channel. North of this island, which was about eighteen miles from the mouth of the Neva, the water was so shallow and the naviga tion so diflicult that there was no danger. But to protect the southern passage he resolved to fortify the island in the place now occupied by the city and fort of Cronstadt, and at a cannon shot from the shore began a fort in the water. \vith much hard work in sinking stone for the submarine foundation. The fort was completed during that winter, and received the name of Kronslot. (iolovin wrote to Matveief, at London, of the foundation of Kronslot, and, greatly exaggerating the Russian naval force, said that the Tsar could in a very short time bring into the Baltic Sea twenty ships and frigates, together with seventy-eight full galleys, and one hundred brigantines. This was to entice merchant ships to come to St. Petersburg. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.