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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 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.
Engagement Symbol indicates specific points of sociocultural or military engagement between Muscovy/Russia and foreign powers or individuals.


Tsar Mikhail Romanov
Engagement Symbol   A 17th century view of Moscow
    A 17th century view of Moscow
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Russia Symbol   A Feast for the First Romanov Tsar
    A Feast for the First Romanov Tsar
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Russia Symbol   Tsar Mikhail Romanov
    Tsar Mikhail Romanov
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Russia Symbol   The Tsar Distributes Alms
    The Tsar Distributes Alms
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Russia Symbol   Tsar Mikhail Romanov (r. 1613-1645)

  

Portrety, gerby i pechati Bol'shoi gosudarstvennyi knigi of 1672 g. [Portraits, Coats of Arms and Official Seals in the Great State Book of 1672]
St. Petersburg: Izd-vo Peterburgskgoi arkheologicheskago instituta, 1903
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The various manuscript copies of this original contain portraits of Muscovite rulers and religious leaders, as well as portraits and coats of arms of various contemporary foreign rulers.