11 (21) November 1699 in the village of Preobrazhenskoye near Moscow the Russian tsar Peter I and the Saxon Prince Elector and King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Augustus II the Strong concluded a treaty of alliance, which was called Preobrazhenskoye. The Treaty marked the beginning of formation of the Northern military alliance against Sweden.
Nikolai Lvovich (Ludvigovich) Gondatti was born on November 9 (21), 1860, in Moscow. His father was an Italian professional sculptor Ludwig Gondatti, mother - a Russian noblewoman from Tula.
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