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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
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The Spread of Free Masonry
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Publication of the Encyclopédie
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The Treaty of Paris
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The Ottomans Defeated in Central Europe


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.
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Published in 17 volumes plus 11 volumes of plates illustrating the industrial arts, the Encyclopédie (1751–72) was the major collaborative work of the French philosophes. Under the editorship of Denis Diderot (1713–1784) and Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783), the Encyclopédie provided a comprehensive exposition of all scientific, technological, and historico-philosophical knowledge from an Enlightenment perspective. Overcoming the barriers of censorship and political persecution, the Encyclopédie became the most powerful instrument in disseminating scientific information and liberal socio-political ideas. It proved influential in preparing the intellectual ground for the French Revolution of 1789.