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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.


Russia Symbol   Burdens of Engagement
    Burdens of Engagement
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division
Engagement Symbol   Russians Visit the South Pacific
    Russians Visit the South Pacific
NYPL, General Research Division
Engagement Symbol   France Capitulates
    France Capitulates
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division

Engagement Symbol   Russia’s “Hordes” Take Paris
    Russia’s “Hordes” Take Paris
NYPL, Spencer Collection
Engagement Symbol   A Romantic English View of the “Northern Venice”
    A Romantic English View of the “Northern Venice”
NYPL, General Research Division
Engagement Symbol   Napoleon’s Nightmare
    Napoleon’s Nightmare
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division
France Capitulates
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Engagement Symbol    France Capitulates

Count Fedor Petrovich Tolstoi (1783–1873
Sobranie reznykh izobrazhenii s medalei [A Collection of Images Engraved from Medals]
St. Petersburg. Petersburg; : V. Plavil’shchikov,., typog.; 1818
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This design for a medal commemorates both the triumph of Russia over Napoleon and the victor’s European “civility.” Here, the Russian conqueror, his vanquished foes littering the field behind him, offers a symbol of peace to the kneeling personification of the subjugated city of Paris. The encircling caption suggests that justice has been done, as “The Fire of Moscow will be extinguished in the walls of Paris.”