By the end of the Great Northern War, Russia emerged a Baltic power. Riga hecame a Russian city i... more By the end of the Great Northern War, Russia emerged a Baltic power. Riga hecame a Russian city in 1710 when it capitulated to the Russian army. As a consequence of the Treat).7 of Nystad in 1721, Riga was incorporated into the Empire as the administrative centre of the Vidzeme Government and hecame an important stronghold in the Russian frontier- After the city recovered from the dual destruction of the war and the Black Death, it experienced considerahie growth due to the almost uninterrupted increase in trade. In 1809 Vidzeme Professor Johann Petri of the Erfurt Grammar school described Riga: Trade brings wealth and life to Riga ... Money calls, it allures and draws one here ... One can easily go broke here and prosper with the same ease ... Most people spend all they earn and choose a way of life whereby they can barely make both ends meet. Only some plan ahead and put aside some money to be able to survive later: they count on the endless stream of trade that brings them its treasures from day to day ... Everyone can earn money with ease unless they are stripped of reason, competence and knowledge. Money is easily the cheapest commodity, and one worries little about the future.1
By the end of the Great Northern War, Russia emerged a Baltic power. Riga hecame a Russian city i... more By the end of the Great Northern War, Russia emerged a Baltic power. Riga hecame a Russian city in 1710 when it capitulated to the Russian army. As a consequence of the Treat).7 of Nystad in 1721, Riga was incorporated into the Empire as the administrative centre of the Vidzeme Government and hecame an important stronghold in the Russian frontier- After the city recovered from the dual destruction of the war and the Black Death, it experienced considerahie growth due to the almost uninterrupted increase in trade. In 1809 Vidzeme Professor Johann Petri of the Erfurt Grammar school described Riga: Trade brings wealth and life to Riga ... Money calls, it allures and draws one here ... One can easily go broke here and prosper with the same ease ... Most people spend all they earn and choose a way of life whereby they can barely make both ends meet. Only some plan ahead and put aside some money to be able to survive later: they count on the endless stream of trade that brings them its treasures from day to day ... Everyone can earn money with ease unless they are stripped of reason, competence and knowledge. Money is easily the cheapest commodity, and one worries little about the future.1
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