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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
Russia’s “Hordes” Take Paris
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Engagement Symbol  Russia’s “Hordes” Take Paris
[The Costume of the Allied Armies in Paris in the Year 1815]
[Paris, 1816]
NYPL, Spencer Collection

Of all the allied armies that marched into France, none was as ethnically diverse as Russia’s. Conscripts from throughout the vast empire, many in their native dress, were a remarkable sight on the boulevards of occupied Paris. The fierce Kalmyk horseman shown in this hand-colored engraving was one of many such exotic peoples, with his pelt-adorned saddle, and his yurt home in the background.