François Le Fort (admiral)
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François Jacques Le Fort also spelled Lefort was a Genevan-born Russian military leader of Huguenot origin. He served as general admiral and was a close associate of Tsar Peter the Great.
François Le Fort
Lefortovo Palace on the Yauza River in Moscow
Portrait of F. Lefort (1698)
The Grand Embassy was a Russian diplomatic mission to Western Europe from 9 March 1697 to 25 August 1698 led by Peter the Great.
Peter in Russian dress during the Grand Embassy
Grand Embassy arrives in Amsterdam. Spectacle on the Amstel river on 26 August
Practice fight of the Dutch Fleet in honour of the Czar, September 1697; by Abraham Storck
Adam Silo - Fleet Manoeuvres on the Zuiderzee on 1 September 1697