NISTATT Peace Treaty and Birth of the Russian Empire 1721-2021

300 years ago, Russia, at the end of the Northern War with Sweden, concluded a Nistadt Peace Treaty. It was after its signing that the “exhausted Europe ... was stunned by the sudden appearance of a huge empire on its eastern borders", and Peter I adopted the title of the Emperor of All -Russian. This peace treaty determined not only the new boundaries of Russia, its status of a marine power, but also its presence on equal terms in Europe. It is no accident that Peter I believed that "... Nicoli our Russia did not receive such a useful world.
The text of the Nistadt Peace Treaty, which is stored in the funds of the external policy archive of the Russian Empire of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, has not yet been completely reproduced in the original in the original. This is the first publication, carried out by the Historical Prospect, the Fund of Cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The publication is richly illustrated and equipped with reference materials.
The compilers of E. A. Bondareva, A. A. Muzafarov