How did the Russian Empire experience the Renaissance movement in 14th to 16th century Europe? How did it manifest itself or was the movement repressed? Would the artisans, artists and educated have known much about the movement despite the distance from Italy, etc?

Modern Russia as we know it actually basically became a thing around the 1600s with Peter the Great, who was largely inflienced by rennaisance thought that he learned while studying in places like Paris and Amsterdam. The city that he built, St. Petersburg, was largely commisioned by foreign architects and Catherine the Great was considered an enlightened despot and frequently invited Voltaire to her court