History of international law in Russia

The history of international law in Russia is marked by several important periods, among these:

• Pre-Petrine international law;
• Peter I of Russia's reforms & Russia's Europeanization/Westernization, particularly in legal thought;
• 18th Century;
• 19th Century and liberalization;
  • Friedrich Martens
• Soviet international law;
  • Evgeny A. Korovin
• Post-Soviet harmonization with international law;

In Russian legal history, international and comparative method dates back to the sixteenth century.^[1]