Open AccessWestern Foreigners on the Russian Service and Royal Doctors in the Time of Ivan the Terrible
Author(s) -
Т. В. Черникова
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
vestnik mgimo-universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9099
pISSN - 2071-8160
DOI - 10.24833/2071-8160-2012-4-25-33-41
Subject(s) - service (business) , immigration , phenomenon , position (finance) , western europe , history , political science , law , economy , business , philosophy , epistemology , finance , european union , economics , economic policy
The article is devoted to an examination of a question of the use of different western experts on the Russian service in the XVI century. The author tries to find out in what areas and what kind of foreign experts were used in Russia at the times of Ivan IV; what were the reasons for the use of the Western European experts as well as results and significance of this phenomenon. Changes in the position of immigrants from the Western Europe during one and a half centuries are also examined.