Treasures of the Tsar : Court Culture of Peter the Great from the Kremlin Book

	Preface	11
	Foreword	13
	Introduction	15
	Russia and the West	17
	Art and Culture in Russia on the eve of the Petrine reforms	45
	Russian decorative art in the seventeenth century	61
	The Grand Embassy 1697-1698	71
	Catalogue	85
	The 'Grand Regalia' of the Tsar in the seventeenth century	87
	Russian metalwork	128
	Icons	164
	The weapon collection	172
	Decorations and history medals	199
	Costly harness	218
	West-European ambassadorial silver	247
	Glossary	285
	Genealogical table	291
	Colophon	296