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François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort (Russian: Франц Яковлевич Лефорт, tr. Frants Yakovlevich Lefort; January 2(12), 1656 – March 2(12), 1699) was a Genevan-born Russian military figure of Huguenot origin, general admiral (1695), and close associate of Tsar Peter the Great.
4. Franz Lefort. Dominio público. Hijo de un comerciante ginebrino, Franz Lefort fue uno de los más estrechos colaboradores y amigos del zar Pedro I. Compartía plenamente la creencia del zar en la necesidad de una rápida europeización de Rusia y le ayudó activamente en este proceso.
- Boris Egorov
- James Bruce
- Georg Wilhelm de Gennin
- Patrick Gordon
- Franz Lefort
- Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann
“A most honest and learned man,” Sir Charles Whitworth, British ambassador to Russia, said of James Bruce (known as Yakov Bryus in Russia), one of Tsar Peter the Great’s closest associates. A representative of an ancient Scottish family, which had numbered Scottish kings among its members, Bruce distinguished himself as a mathematician, astronomer,...
Like James Bruce, German engineer Georg de Gennin, who arrived in Russia in 1697, served the “god of war” - artillery. During the hostilities which shortly began against the Swedes, he taught artillery skills and also personally participated in the capture of Vyborg and several other Swedish forts. Having discerned outstanding organizational skills...
In 1661, when Patrick Gordon entered the service of Peter the Great’s father, Tsar Aleksey Mikhaylovich (Alexis of Russia), he was already an experienced military man. The Scottish “soldier of fortune” had participated in several military campaigns under the Polish and Swedish banners. During the struggle for power between Tsarevna Sophia and Tsare...
The son of a Geneva merchant, Franz Lefort was one of the closest associates and friends of Tsar Peter the Great. He fully shared the tsar’s belief in the necessity of Europeanizing Russia as rapidly as possible and afforded him active assistance in the process. Lefort would look for the best military and civil specialists in Europe and entice them...
A native of the town of Bochum, Heinrich Johann Friedrich (Andrey Ivanovich) Ostermann was a truly unique individual. He had an impeccable command of German, Dutch, Latin, French and Italian and just as easily learned Russian when, in 1704, he was invited into the service of Tsar Peter. From an ordinary translator for the Ambassadorial Office [Russ...
- Boris Egorov
François Lefort, el ginebrino amigo y mentor de Pedro I el Grande. François Jacques Lefort, más tarde conocido como Franz Iakovlevitch Lefort (Франц Яковлевич Лефорт), nació en Ginebra el 2 de enero de 1656, hijo de un comerciante que deseaba que siguiera sus mismos pasos.
François Jacques Le Fort (le patronyme est aussi orthographié Lefort ), ou Franz Iakovlevitch Lefort ( Франц Яковлевич Лефорт en russe ), né le 2 janvier 1656 ( 12 janvier dans le calendrier grégorien) à Genève et mort le 2 mars 1699 ( dans le calendrier grégorien) à Moscou, est un général et amiral du ...
François Jacques Le Fort (el apellido también se escribe Lefort), o Franz Iakovlevitch Lefort ( Франц Яковлевич Лефорт en ruso), nacido el 2 de enero de 1656 (12 de enero de 1656 en el calendario gregoriano) en Ginebra, murió el 2 de marzo de 1699 (12 de marzo de 1699 en el calendario gregoriano) en Moscú, es general y ...
Franz Lefort, a member of the Synod. The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters [Notes 1] (1692 [1] –1725) [Notes 2] was a club founded by Peter I of Russia. The group included many of Peter's closest friends, and its activities centered mostly around drinking and reveling.
