18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 33

[cahn]

And, I mean, it doesn't have to be just 18th century characters, either!

(also, waiting for Yuletide!)

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1730 International Relations: Russia

[mildred_of_midgard]

With Peter the Great dead, Russia mostly stays out of international politics. That said, while everyone in Europe keeps predicting it will collapse and "revert to barbarism" every time there's a new tsar (Catherine I, Peter II, Anna Ivanovna), it doesn't happen. Russia still has interests in the Baltic, especially Courland, Sweden, Holstein-Gottorp, Mecklenburg, and no one else wants to see them dominate the Baltic completely. 

Russia has been allied to Austria since 1726, with a clause promising to send 30,000 troops if attacked.

FW is still very afraid of pissing Russia off, and that guides a lot of his foreign policy.