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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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 Napoleonic Europe, ca. 1812
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 Depicting St. Petersburg, 1806


Russia's Globalization:
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  Napoleonic Europe, ca. 1812
   

On the eve of Napoleon's advance on Moscow, Napoleon had succeeded in redrawing the borders of continental Europe. The French emperor and his empire controlled vast territories, either directly or through relatives and allies in Italy, Spain, and Holland, among other lands and peoples. By marrying into the House of Habsburg, he also succeeded in securing the neutrality of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while treaties kept the Swiss Confederation and the Grand Duchy of Warsaw in Napoleon's orbit.