Creation of the Dutch art collection in the Hermitage in the 18th century and the role it played in the westernization of Russia

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject History of Europe - Modern Times, Absolutism, Industrialization, grade: ECTS 8, University of Groningen, course: M.A. "Euroculture", language: English, abstract: This paper attempts to follow the cultural channels and actual steps taken by Peter the Great and his successors to cultivate Western European tastes in Russia and to direct the Russian Empi...