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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 Revolt of the Musketeers (Strel’tsy)
Engagement Symbol The Battle of Poltava—Peter's Decisive Battle
Russia Symbol The Creation of the Holy Synod
Russia Symbol The Bironovshchina, Empress Anna's Reign of Terror
Engagement Symbol The Seven Years’ War (1756–63)
  World Events
Engagement Symbol
 The Spread of Free Masonry
World Symbol
 Publication of the Encyclopédie
World Symbol
 The Treaty of Paris
World Symbol
 The Ottomans Defeated in Central Europe


Russia's Globalization:
A Key

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.




















 

 

      

Free Masonry was—and remains—a network of private associations, with hierarchies and rituals, serving to promote reason, tolerance, and philanthropic activities. Its true importance was to encourage privately the values and practices of civil society; to spread useful knowledge, civility, and engagement for the public good. True, some Masonic lodges and rites served more limited purposes—religious, spiritual, or merely social entertainment.