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The Rise of the Russian Empire

INDEX

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Aleksandr Nevskie, 96, 100

Aleksis, Metropolitan and Saint, 126

Anastasie Romanov, 201

Andrei, Prince of Souzdal, 62

death of, 65

Astrakhan, khanate of, 149

annexed by Moskovy, 207

Baltic trade, 60

Batory (Stefan), 241

Batu, 89

Bela III., King of Hungary, 70

Bela IV., King of Hungary, 88, 94

Boris Sviatoslavitch, 44

Boris Godounov, 253

elected Tzar, 265

Bulgaria (Balkan principality), 8, 28

Bulgaria (Volga principality), 9, 36, 83, 89

Calendar, reform of, not adopted in Russia, 255

Christianity, introduction of, in Russia, 38, 40

Constantinople, 8

Russian expeditions against, 16, 20, 23, 50

Latin conquest of, 74

taken by the Turks, 146

Moskovite relations with, 161

Daniel Romanovitch, 87

“King of Galitz,” 99

death of, 106

Dimitri Donskoi, 127

defeats Mongols, 131

Dimitri—Tzarevitch, 249

death of, 260

Dimitri (False), see Ljhedimitri

Dorpat, founded, 47

Elizabeth Queen of England, correspondence with Ivan IV., 222

England, Moskovite intercourse with, 208

Mediation of, between Russia and Sweden, 318

Gardie, de la, Swedish General, 245

Jacob, 294, 297

Gedimin, Duke of Lit’uania, 115

death of, 120

German artillerists in Moskovite service, 187

Glieb Sviatoslavitch, 44

Glinski, Mikhail, 175, 180, 196

Godounov dynasty established, 265

overturned, 277

Greek artists at Moskva, 146

Grodno, founded, 102

Habsburgh, candidate for Polish Crown, 236, 241

despoiled by Ivan III., 163

Hanse League, factory at Novgorod, 87

Towns, Treaty with Novgorod, 139

Henri de Valois, elected King of Poland, 239

Hungary, intervention in west Russian affairs, 70, 87

invaded by Mongols, 94

contested succession to throne, 160

Igor, Prince of Kiev, 17

death of, 26

Igor, “Song of,” 67-69

Isiaslav I., Prince of Kiev, 53

Ivan Kalita, Grand-Prince, 114

Ivan Ivanovitch, Grand-Prince, 126

Ivan III., 149

marriage with Sophie Paleologus, 153

quarrels with Lit’uania, 164

death, 173

Ivan IV., 195

coronation, 201

marriages, 201, 234, 235, 244

wars with Poland and Sword Order, 208, 243

death, 249

Ivan Ivanovitch, Tzarevitch, 207

killed by his father, 246

Kalka, battle of, 84

Kazan, khanate of, 144, 149

annexed to Moskovy, 205

Khazars, 9, 28

Kiev, first mention of, 15

becomes capital of Russian State, 18

increased importance of, 51

stormed by Souzdalian force, 63

decline of fortunes, 62

stormed by Mongols, 92

lost to Russia, 124

Krim Tartars, 149, 165, 179, 186, 198, 232, 262

Kozaks, origin of, 192

western, in Polish service, 260, 296, 310

of the Don, 248, 273, 291, 303, 315

Lit’uania, 6, 70

first historical Duke of, 101

aggrandisement of, 115

Conversion to Christianity, 134

Moskovite campaigns against, 128, 165

Union with Poland, 224

Livland, 6

military conversion of, 74, 77

campaigns in, 168, 208, 240, 244

Ljhedimitri, appearance of, 272

success of his enterprise, 277

overthrow, 284

speculations as to his origin, 285

Ljhedimitri II., 291

death of, 301

Lubetch, “carpet-council” at, 55

Makar’ev, fair of, 190

Marina Mnishek, 273, 282, 292, 301, 316

Martha of Novgorod, 150, 155

Mengli-Girei, 156, 182

Mikhail Romanov, 312

Money, early form of, 51

Mongols, 81

invade Russia, 83

invade Poland, 93

invade Hungary, 94

Russian subjection to, 97

defeated at Koulikovo, 131

sack Moskva, 132

bloodless overthrow, 157

Moskva, founding of, 62

resists Lit’uanians, 128

becomes Metropolitan city, 118

stormed by Mongols, 132

growing supremacy of, 147

description of, 177

Court Life at, 183

terrorised by Ivan IV., 229

burnt by Tartars, 233

occupied by Poles, 300

Mother-of-God of Vladimir, 62, 137, 266, 311, 314

Mstislav (of Tmoutorokan), 46

Mstislav (of Toropetz), 75, 81, 87

Novgorod the Great, 10, 27, 30

foreign trade with, 60

internal affairs of, 61, 103

victory over Souzdal, 64

quarrels with Moskva, 139, 151

humiliated by Ivan III., 155

punished by Ivan IV., 225

taken by Swedes, 304

restored to Moskovy, 320

Novgorod (Nijhnie-) 306

Novgorod-Sieverski, 273, 324

Oleg, Prince of Kiev, 17

Olga, 19, 26

Conversion to Christianity, 27

Olgerd, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 124

Opritchniki, instituted, 218

abolished, 239

Orsha, battle of, 181

Orthodox Church, quarrels with the Roman Catholic Church, 73, 153

and Council of Florence, 142

fast observances, 122

in harmony with State, 122

crusade against foreign influences, 306

Papacy, dealings with Russia, 74, 99, 152, 171

and Gedimin, 116

and the False Dimitri, 281

and Daniel of Galitz, 99

Perm, evangelisation of, 134

Peroun, Slavonic Deity, 4

worship overthrown, 40

Petchenigs, 19, 22, 29, 34, 42, 48

Pojharskie, Prince, 302, 308

Poland, 9, 48

wars with, 45, 179, 243

election to throne of, 236, 241, 256

intervention in Russian troubles, 296

Pacta Conventa, 239

Polotzk (Prince of), 55

siege of, 214

Polovtzi, 54, 67, 70, 72, 81

Pskov, 27, 76, 104, 107, 119, 168, 176, 245

Riga, 78, 167

Roman (Prince of Novgorod), 64

becomes Prince of Galitz, 71

his death, 72

Romanov family, 201, 312

“Filarete,” 269, 293, 313, 324

Rurik, 14

Russia, physical conditions of, 1

condition of, under early princes, 79

in the Time of the Troubles, 305

Sarai, 97

Serfs, 264

Sergie, Saint, 131

Sibiria, conquest of, 247

Simeon, Grand Prince, 121

Shouyskie, family, 181, 195, 197, 200, 253, 258

Shouyskie, Vasili, 261, 274, 278, 283

elected Tzar, 287

deposed, 298

Skopin-Shouyskie, 294, 297

Skouratov, Maluta, 213, 240

Slavs, distribution of, 2

customs of, 4

Smolensk, annexed to Lit’uania, 136

captured by Moskovites, 180

Sober (national Parliament), 223, 265, 313

Souzdal, 62, 63, 136

Stefan of Moldavia, 158

Stolbova, Treaty of, 320

Sviatopalk, Grand Prince of Kiev, 43, 46

Sviatoslav, Prince of Kiev, 26

expedition into Bulgaria, 29

defeated by Greeks, 33

destroyed by Petchenigs, 34

Sweden, Russian wars with, 163, 207, 239, 259, 304

Sword Brethren, instituted, 74

amalgamated with Teutonic Order, 89

Tannenberg, battle of, 140

Tchernigov, 46, 51, 53, 63, 68, 71, 92, 96, 273, 324

Teutonic Order, 77

wars with Poland, 140, 185

secularised into Duchy of Prussia, 189

Troitza, monastery of, 131, 306

siege of, 293

Troops, Moskovite, equipment of, 165

liable to panic, 167

Turkey, Russian relations with, 161, 232

Tver, 109, 114, 133, 159

Tzar, meaning of title, 159

title first used at coronation, 201

Thedor Ivanovitch, 253

Thedor Godounov, 276

Urii (Prince of Souzdal), 62

Varangians, 12

Vasili (Grand Prince of Moskva), 135

Vasili “the Darkened,” 141

Vasili III., 173

second marriage of, 190

death of, 192

Viatka, 139

Vitovt, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 135

Vladimir the Holy, 30, 35

conversion to Christianity, 39

death of, 43

Vladimir “Monomachus,” 54

becomes Prince of Kiev, 56

his testament, 56

Vladimir, town of, 62, 65, 90, 118

Vsevolod, Grand Prince of Souzdal, 66, 72

Yagiello, Grand Duke of Lit’uania, 129

elected to Polish Crown, 133

Yaroslav “the Great,” 36, 46

his death, 51

Zaroutzkie, 303, 313, 316

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