About Piter the Great’s contribution to development of Russian instrumental music
Peter I’s activity aimed at the development in Russia of instrumental music is covered in the article, data on formation ofmilitary ensembles, playing music at court, in private life are submitted. Appearance of captured Swedish musicians in Russia during the Great Northern war accelerated process of assimilation of the European musical traditions. One of them, Gustav Blidström created the musical manuscript known nowadays as “The Tobolsk manuscript”. This unique monument contains the works sounding in Siberia in the first half of the 18th century.