he landed on mactan with an armed detachment, but the forces were not equal .dreds of natives attacked him. magellan was wounded several times, surrounded and killed; the expedition returned to spain without his own. she was dying on april 27, 1702. peter issued a manifesto on attracting foreigners to russia, as indicated, with the promise of freedom of religion. emperor's emissaries found recruited the best specialists in holland england germany france and other countries. they helped to carry out reforms to create a modern army to develop science, the highest generals of the russian army were almost half made up of european officers, among them johannism peter lasse. yakov bruce creating the st. petersburg academy of sciences. peter relied on the advice of prominent scientists, including the year of frida letnitsa and christianald practice, and continued in other eras, foreigners had the right to return to their homeland, but most of them remained in russia catherine ii said that there are europeans french german austrian, and there are russians, like peter s