Anyone at the Limassol marina recently can’t fail to have noticed the mast and rigging of an 18^th century tall ship among the masts of modern yachts projecting into the horizon behind the harbour master’s building. 

They belong to the Shtandart, a replica of the first vessel Russian Tsar Peter the Great built-in 1703 – the flagship of his naval fleet – is in Limassol until the end of next week. This is the vessel’s first trip to Cyprus and the easternmost point it has so far sailed to.