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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)

The Russians Document a Victory

Aleksei Fedorovich Zubov (1682–1751)
Etching depicting the Russian naval victory over Sweden at Hangö (Gangut) Head, July 27, 1714
St. Petersburg, 1717
NYPL, Slavic and Baltic Division
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