Archangel, on the White Sea in the far north of western Russia, becomes the site of a Dutch trading post. Tsar Ivan IV had already granted trading privileges to the English there, but in the following century it was the Dutch who were to be dominant in the area.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "The Dutch establish a trading post at Archangel on the White Sea". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 February 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=15308, accessed 10 June 2026.]
