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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's Changing Borders, 1689, 1725, and 1796
Engagement Symbol
 Russian Conquests, 1734: A German Depiction
Moscow as the Center of the Russian World
Engagement Symbol St. Petersburg, 1718: An Early German Depiction
The Dutch Depict Russia’s Northern Rivals
Mapping the Safavid Empire


Russia's Globalization:
A Key

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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  Russia's Changing Borders, 1689, 1725, and 1796


This map depicts the expansion of Russian-held territory from 1689 to 1796, showing Russia's borders at the start of Peter's reign as sole tsar in 1689, at his death in 1725, and at the end of the dynamic reign of Catherine II in 1796.