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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
Europe
Eurasia


Russia's Globalization:
A Key

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Russia Symbol A Present from Rival Sweden
  
A Present from Rival Sweden
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Fedor Grigorevich Solntsev (1801–1892)
Drevnosti rossiiskago gosudarstva [Antiquities of the Russian State]
Moscow: Aleksandr Semen, 1849–53
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division

In 1648, this goblet was presented to Tsar Aleksei (r. 1645–76) by an embassy from Queen Christina (r. 1644–54) of Sweden. It is typical of the kinds of diplomatic gifts exchanged by European sovereigns during the 17th century.

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