Give a year in the reign of Peter the Great of Russia?
History of Germans in Russia, Ukraine and the Soviet Union German settlement in Russia dates back to the reign of Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. A handful of German and Dutch craftsmen and traders were allowed to establish themselves in Moscow's German Quarter ("Немецкая слобода", or Nemetskaya "sloboda"), providing essential technical skills in the capital. Gradually, this policy extended to a few other major cities. In 1682, Moscow had about 200,000 citizens; 18,000 of them were "Nemtsy", which means either "German" or "western foreigner". The international community located in the German Quarter greatly influenced Peter the Great (reigned 1682-1725), and his efforts to transform Russia
The Moor of Peter the Great fragments were published: in the literary almanac "Severnye Tsvety" (1829) and in the newspaper "Literaturnaya Gazeta" (March 1830). All the extant parts were first published after Pushkin's death by the editors of the journal "Sovremennik" in 1837, who also gave the novel its current title. The main character of the novel, Ibrahim, is loosely based on Pushkin's maternal great-grandfather, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, a black African who was brought to Russia during the reign of Peter the Great. Pushkin's interests in history and genealogy combined to depict the transformation of Russia at the beginning of 18th century; the period of Russian