An Analysis Of Anglo-russian Trade During The Reign Of Peter ?

The direct trade between Britain and Russia began in the 16 th century.At the end of the 17 th century and early 18 th century,with the increasing complexity of international relations,the trade links between Britain and Russia also fluctuated.After the throne of Peter the Great,the tobacco trade policy was relaxed.The British businessmen signed a tobacco contract with Peter as he traveled to Europe.British businessmen in the tobacco trade profited very little,while the navy stores trade making up for the loss of tobacco trade.During this period,Russia in order to strengthen the naval power in the Baltic region to defeat Sweden,secretly bought warships from the Britain.The trade was of great significance to Russia.In addition to the purchase of warships from the Britain,Russia also imported many scientific instruments from there.Peter I had a special agent responsible for purchasing the instrument for him from Britain.This paper is divided into three parts.Part 1,preface.This part introduces the significance of this topic and the research situation.Part 2,the body of the paper.Chapter 1,at the end of the 17 th century and early 18 th century,the position of Britain and Russia in opposite side's foreign trade,as a whole to grasp the development of this period of British and Russian trade and trends.Chapter 2,the trade to Russia(the Britain actively).This section mainly describes two kinds of trade,tobacco trade and naval stores trade.British businessmen were eager to sell tobacco to Russia for quite a long time,but the result of the tobacco trade was not satisfactory.Naval stores trade made up for the loss of tobacco trade.The import of naval supplies from Russia was of great importance to the Britain,and Britain had tried to get rid of its dependence on Russia by developing naval goods in the North American colonies,but failed.Chapter 3,the trade to the Britain(Russia actively).This chapter is divided into two parts,the warship trade and the scientific instrument trade.Purchasing warships from the Britain was important for the completion of theRussian naval fleet.In this process,the Moscow company's businessmen played a big role.Scientific instrument trade was a very small part of the Anglo-German trade as a supplement to this chapter.Part 3,the conclusion part,sums up the whole paper.Summarize the overall characteristics of the trade between Britain and Russia during this period.The British deficit,the Russian surplus;Britain 's reliance on Russian naval supplies strengthens;Russia is the main beneficiaries of this stage,diplomatic purposes are higher than commercial purposes;The trade links between Britain and Russia are mainly affected by diplomatic relations and fluctuate with the fluctuations in diplomatic relations between the two countries.