Mike, you might try checking out a two disc set on Arte Nove called "Russian Baroque." Unfortunately, I don't have the serial number. As much as I can remember, the music was created by composers who came to Russia from the west. I think some of the composers were Russian. I guess because Russia was a little out of the cultural picture back then, most of the music was composed later than the traditional end-date of the Baroque period. Even if most of the composers on this set are from western Europe, their biographies could be a starting point for researching your paper. Good luck, Ron Chaplin