A cikin 1697 da 1698, Peter the Great ya shiga Babban Ofishin Jakadancinsa.Babban makasudin wannan aiki shi ne karfafawa da fadada kungiyar mai tsarki, kawancen kasar Rasha da kasashen turai da dama wajen yakar daular Usmania a gwagwarmayar da Rasha ke yi na gabar tekun arewacin tekun Black Sea.Sarkin ya kuma nemi hayar kwararu daga kasashen waje domin aikin Rasha da kuma samun makaman soji.A hukumance, Babban Ofishin Jakadancin ya kasance karkashin jagorancin "manyan jakadu" Franz Lefort, Fedor Golovin da Prokopy Voznitsyn.A gaskiya ma, shi ne ya jagoranci Peter da kansa, wanda ya tafi tare da incognito a karkashin sunan Peter Mihaylov.