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Russia Engages the World, 1453-1825
1453 Through the Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584) The Time of Troubles to the First Romanovs (1598-1682) Peter the Great and His Legacy (1682-1762) The Age of Catherine the Great (1762-1801) The Reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801-1825)

                                     

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  Russia Events
Russia Symbol Institutionalization of Serfdom
Engagement Symbol Annexation of Parts of Ukraine
Russia Symbol Reign of the Last Rurikid
Russia Symbol The Era of the False Dmitriis
Russia Symbol The Election of Mikhail Romanov
  World Events
Engagement Symbol
 Tsar Aleksei Appoints the First Russian Ambassador to China (1654)
Engagement Symbol The Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
World Symbol
 English Settlers Make Landfall (1620)
World Symbol Collapse of the Ming Dynasty (1644)


Russia's Globalization:
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Events marked Russia Symbol are specific to Muscovy/Russia's internal development.
Those marked World Symbol are important world historical or cultural events.
Engagement Symbol indicates specific points of sociocultural or military engagement between Muscovy/Russia and foreign powers or individuals.




















 

 

      Collapse of the Ming Dynasty (1644)

As the Russians were moving into eastern Siberia in the middle of the 17th century, the Manchus rose in power in Manchuria. Having conquered all other tribes and ruled over all Manchuria, they moved toward China proper and crossed the Great Wall. In 1644 Emperor Shunzhi (r. 1638–61) entered Beijing and founded the Qing dynasty, which would rule China until 1912.

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