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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:
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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.


The Tsar Distributes Alms
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  The Tsar Distributes Alms

  

Artamon Sergeevich Matveev (1625-1682)
Kniga ob izbranii na tsarstvo…kniazia Mikhaila Fedorovicha [Book Concerning the Election of Prince Mikhail Fedorovich as Tsar]
Moscow: Synodal'naia tipografiia, 1856
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The First Romanov Tsar distributed alms to the poor on his day of coronation.