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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
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Russia Symbol Foreign Gifts to the Tsar
  
Foreign Gifts to the Tsar
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Opisanie v litsakh torzhestva, proiskhodivshago v 1626 godu fevralia 5, pri brakosochetanii gosudaria tsaria i velikago kniazia Mikhaila Feodorovicha [Illustrated Description of the Solemn Ceremonies Surrounding the Wedding of Tsar and Grand Prince Mikhail Fedorovich on 5 February 1626]
Moscow: Platon Beketov, 1810
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division

In this drawing, foreign dignitaries bring wedding gifts to the Palace of Facets in the Kremlin, on the occasion of the wedding of Tsar Mikhail's (r. 1613–45) in 1626. This drawing was reproduced from the manuscript originals only in the early 19th century.