Sweden in the Russian translation of the foreign press in the 17th century Cover Image

Швеция в русских переводах иностранной прессы в XVII в.
Sweden in the Russian translation of the foreign press in the 17th century

Author(s): Stepan Mikhailovich Shamin
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Kuranty; press review; history of Sweden

Summary/Abstract: European news publications occasionally reached Moscow since the 16th century. Russian translations of printed foreign newspapers are known since 1621. European press was delivered to Moscow on a regular basis since the mid-17th century. For the Russian government, foreign newspapers were one of the major sources of up-to-date information about European events. The goal of the present paper is to provide an overview of the news about Sweden that reached Moscow from foreign press and to draw scholarly attention to this understudied primary source on Russian-Swedish contacts.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 159-170
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Russian
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