In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries Scottish merchants spread in hordes all
over Prussia and Poland as traders, but few ventured further east to Russia. In the
reign of Ivan Vassilievitch (The Terrible) the English spirit of adventure- which
had formed The Society for the Discovery of Unknown Lands which focused on
Russia for trade -later maintained an ‘English house’ in the Varvarka at Moscow.
However, the settlement of the Scots in Russia was quite distinct from this body.

 

Still trying to disprove it all.

M’eh. Cream-crackered now.

 

SCOTTISH SOLDIERS IN RUSSIA:
PATRICK GORDON OF AUCHLEUCHRIES AND THE Russ~SCOTTISH CONNECTION
Matthew Glozier