Tolstoy Petr Andreyevich (1645–1729) – the first Count, a Russian Statesman, a supporter of Tsar Peter I, the first Russian Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire. The first Tolstoy writer, “the first Russian Westernizer, the smartest head in Russia.” In 1665–1669 together with his father, the Governor in Chernigov, he took part in the siege by the troops of the rebellious Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Bryukhovetsky. Then Tolstoy took part in the Chigirin campaigns. In 1676, upon accession to the throne of Tsar Fedor Alekseevich, he received the rank of Chamberlain. When Princess Sofia Alekseevna came to power, he received the rank of Room Stolnik at the Court of Tsar Ivan Alekseevich and stayed in that rank until 1693 when he was appointed Governor in Veliky Ustyug, where, apparently, he met Peter the Great who had come there.
In 1697, he voluntarily enrolled in a number of volunteers who went abroad to study maritime affairs. He spent a year and a half in Italy, living mainly in Venice, but also...
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Zonn, I.S., Kostianoy, A.G., Semenov, A.V., Joksimović, A., Đurović, M. (2021). Tolstoy Petr Andreyevich (1645–1729). In: The Adriatic Sea Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia of Seas. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50032-0_561
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