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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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A 17th century view of Moscow
Adam Olearius (1603-1671)
Voyages très curieux… en Muscovie, Tartarie, et Perse...
Leide: P. vander Aa, 1719
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division

The walled city of Moscow, as it appeared during the reign of the first Romanovs. Olearius served as Ambassador of the Duchy of Holstein to the court of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich (r. 1613-1645), the first Romanov Tsar. The Kremlin is the roughly triangular section at center.