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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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The Time of Troubles through the Reigns of the First Romanovs: A Summary of Russian History
Russia Symbol Introduction
Russia Symbol The False Dmitriis
Russia Symbol A National Rally
Russia Symbol The First Romanovs
Russia Symbol The Schism in the Russian Orthodox Church
The Time of Troubles through the Reigns of the First Romanovs: A Summary of World History
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Russia's Globalization:
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Russia Symbol The Tsar Distributes Alms

  
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Artamon Sergeevich Matveev (1625-1682)
Kniga ob izbranii na tsarstvo…kniazia Mikhaila Fedorovicha [Book Concerning the Election of Prince Mikhail Fedorovich as Tsar]
Moscow: Synodal'naia tipografiia, 1856
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division

The First Romanov Tsar distributed alms to the poor on his day of coronation.