Roman catholics in Petersburg under Peter the Great and their participation in Russian public life

Authors

  • Аleksandr Nikolaevich Andreev Author

Abstract

The article gives a developed analysis of the social structure of Roman Catholic
communities in Petersburg under Peter the Great. On concrete examples the paper
traces the Catholics’ contribution to the progress of Russian armed forces, Russian
town planning and arts. The author concludes that craftsmen along with naval officers
prevailed among Petersburg Catholic parishioners in the first quarter of 18-th
century. The paper highly estimates the role of famous artists (D. Trezzini, K.-B.
Rastrelli, L. Caravaque, N. Pineaux) in the evolution of Petersburg Catholic parish,
notes the fact of intensive catholic influence on the Russian spiritual sphere. It’s evidently
that civil servants in Petersburg formed the parish minority and they did not
strong influence on processes of the state construction and social development

Author Biography

  • Аleksandr Nikolaevich Andreev

    PhD in History, Full professor of the Department of arts and culturology of the Southern Ural State University. Professional interests: History of West-Christian confessions in Russia, history of Russian spiritual culture in the 18-th century, history of Russian Orthodox Church, methodology of history cognition.

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2013)

Section

Art History