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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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Engagement Symbol
 Sofiia Palaeologus
Russia Symbol
 Ivan IV, "the Terrible"
World Symbol
 Leonardo da Vinci
World Symbol
 Süleyman I, "the Magnificent"
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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 Symbol  The “Magnificent” Sultan
The Magnificent Sultan
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Julius Mandosius
Ottomanorum principum effigies ab Ottomano ad regnantem Mustapham II [Portraits of Ottoman Rulers from Osman to the Present-day Ruler Mustafa II]
Rome: D. de Rubeis, Jo. Jacobi heirs, 1698
NYPL, General Research Division

The face of Süleyman the Magnificent (r. 1520–66), a contemporary of Ivan IV, "the Terrible" (r. 1533–84) of Muscovite Russia, appears in profile at the lower right among portraits of other Ottoman sultans. The dynamic Süleyman, also dubbed “the Lawgiver,” left many splendid architectural monuments that, to this day, testify to his long, constructive reign. Prominent examples include the city walls of old Jerusalem, and the huge Süleymaniye complex (1557) in Istanbul, including its madrassah (Islamic seminary), library, gardens, and mosque.