John Evelyn, pleased to have rented his house to Peter the Great in 1697, notes in his diary some of the tsar's engagements in England that spring:
'Jan. 2. The Czar of Moscovy landed and came to London.
Feb 6. The Czar Emperor of Moscovy, having a mind to see the Building of Ships, hired my House at Says Court, & made it his Court & palace, lying & remaining in it, new furnish'd for him by the King.
Mar. 20. The Czar goes to Portsmouth to see the representation of a sea fight.
April 21. The Czar of Moscovy went from my house towards Russia.'
John Evelyn Diary, Oxford University Press, 1959
John Evelyn, pleased to have rented his house to Peter the Great in 1697, notes in his diary some of the tsar's engagements in England that spring:
'Jan. 2. The Czar of Moscovy landed and came to London.
Feb 6. The Czar Emperor of Moscovy, having a mind to see the Building of Ships, hired my House at Says Court, & made it his Court & palace, lying & remaining in it, new furnish'd for him by the King.
Mar. 20. The Czar goes to Portsmouth to see the representation of a sea fight.
April 21. The Czar of Moscovy went from my house towards Russia.'
John Evelyn Diary, Oxford University Press, 1959
tsar's engagements
John Evelyn, pleased to have rented his house to Peter the Great in 1697, notes in his diary some of the tsar's engagements in England that spring:
'Jan. 2. The Czar of Moscovy landed and came to London.
Feb 6. The Czar Emperor of Moscovy, having a mind to see the Building of Ships, hired my House at Says Court, & made it his Court & palace, lying & remaining in it, new furnish'd for him by the King.
Mar. 20. The Czar goes to Portsmouth to see the representation of a sea fight.
April 21. The Czar of Moscovy went from my house towards Russia.'
John Evelyn Diary, Oxford University Press, 1959
