The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present Time

by John S. C. Abbott

• Caucasus, the eagles of the Russians planted on the, [18].
• Catharine I., first appearance of, [333].
  • public marriage of, with Peter, [345].
  • crowned empress, [361].
  • assumes the government, [364].
  • death of, [365].
• Catharine II., early life of, [380].
  • autobiography of, [381].
  • seizes the throne, [392].
  • manifesto of, on the death of Peter III., [403].
  • her labors and reforms, [404].
  • administration of, [405].
  • urged by her ministers to marry, [407].
  • numerous titles of, [409].
• Catharine II., attempt to assassinate, [410].
  • inoculation of, [413].
  • entertainments of, [415].
  • her schemes with Henry, Prince of Prussia, [417].
  • conquers the Turks, [418].
  • correspondence of, [422].
  • peace with Turkey effected by, [425].
  • personal appearance of, [426].
  • conspiracy against, [427].
  • interview of, with Joseph II., [437].
  • her education of her children, [439].
  • erection of the statue to Peter the Great by, [439].
  • seizes the Crimea, [441].
  • secures peace with Turkey, [444].
  • toleration of, [445].
  • her journey to the Crimea, [448].
  • makes war on Poland. [451].
  • death of, [452].
  • character of, [453].
• Chanceller (Captain) voyage of, [245].
• Charles XII. (of Sweden) ascends the throne, [328].
  • conquers the Russians, [329].
  • drives Augustus from Poland, [335].
  • wounded, [338].
  • utter defeat of, [339].
  • escape of, from Turkey, [346].
  • death of, [360].
• Chemyaka, see Dmitri
• Cherson, church built at, in commemoration of the baptism of Vladimir, [55].
• Children, the female allowed to be killed, [24].
• China, irruption of the Tartars into, [115].
• Christians, persecution of the, by the Tartars, [136].
• Christianity, its entrance into Russia, [29].
  • diffusion of, into Souzdal, [83].
  • attempts of André to extend, [96].
• Chronology of Russia: Rurik, Sineous and Truvor jointly rule over Russia, [27].
  • Rurik succeeds Sineous and Truvor, [28].
  • Ascolod and Dir reign over a portion of Russia, [29].
  • Oleg succeeds Ascolod and Dir, [31].
  • Igor succeeds Oleg, [38].
  • Olga succeeds Oleg, [42].
  • Sviatoslaf succeeds Olga, [45].
  • Yaropolk succeeds Olga, [50].
  • Vladimir succeeds Yaropolk, [52].
  • Sviatopolk succeeds Vladimir, [59].
  • Yaroslaf succeeds Sviatopolk, [60].
  • Vseslaf succeeds Yaroslaf, [62].
  • Ysiaslaf succeeds Vseslaf, [63].
  • Vsevolod succeeds Ysiaslaf, [66].
  • Sviatopolk succeeds Vsevolod, [69].
  • Monomaque succeeds Sviatopolk, [71].
  • Mstislaf succeeds Monomaque, [75].
  • Vladimirovitch succeeds Mstislaf, [77].
  • Vsevolod succeeds Vladimirovitch, [77].
  • Igor succeeds Vsevolod, [78].
  • Ysiaslaf succeeds Igor, [78].
  • Rostislaf succeeds Ysiaslaf, [81].
  • Georges succeeds Rostislaf, [81].
  • Davidovitch succeeds Georges, [82].
  • Rostislaf succeeds Davidovitch, [83].
  • Georgievitch succeeds Rostislaf, [84].
  • Mstislaf Ysiaslavitch succeeds Georgievitch, [86].
  • André succeeds Mstislaf, [89].
  • Michel succeeds André, [97].
  • Vsevolod succeeds Michel, [100].
  • Georges succeeds Vsevolod, [104].
  • Octai succeeds Georges, [125].
  • Bati succeeds Octai, [127].
  • Dmitri of Moscow secures the throne, [146].
  • Tamerlane succeeds Dmitri, [155].
  • Ivan III. throws off the Mogol power, [172].
  • Vassili succeeds Ivan III., [191].
  • Hélène (as regent) succeeds Vassili, [205].
  • Schouisky (as regent) succeeds Hélène, [208].
  • Ivan Belsky (as regent) succeeds Schouisky, [209].
  • Ivan IV. seizes his throne, [214].
  • Feodor succeeds Ivan IV., [270].
  • Boris succeeds Feodor, [275].
  • Feodor II. succeeds Boris, [279].
  • Dmitri succeeds Feodor II., [280].
  • Zuski succeeds Dmitri, [283].
  • Michel Feodor Romanow elected king, [287].
  • Alexis succeeds Romanow, [291].
  • Feodor succeeds Alexis, [299].
  • Sophia (as regent) succeeds Feodor, [303].
  • Peter I. succeeds Sophia, [310].
  • Catharine succeeds Peter I., [364].
  • Peter II. succeeds Catharine, [365].
  • Anne succeeds Peter II., [367].
  • Ivan V. succeeds Anne, [368].
  • Elizabeth succeeds Ivan V., [369].
  • Peter III. succeeds Elizabeth, [387].
  • Catharine II. succeeds Peter III, [403].
  • Paul I. succeeds Catharine II., [454].
  • Alexander succeeds Paul I., [471].
  • Nicholas succeeds Alexander I., [502].
  • Alexander II. succeeds Nicholas, [517].
  • During the Tartar reign, only the Tartar conqueror is usually given
• Church built at Cherson, [55].
  • built on the site of the idol of Peroune, [56].
• Civilization, the Russians indebted to the Greeks for their, [168].
• Commerce of Russia, [113].
  • between England and Russia, [247].
  • increase of, [249].
• Constantine (prince of Yaroslavle) claims the throne, [104].
  • turns Kostroma, [104].
  • ascends the imperial throne, [108].
  • effeminacy of, [108].
  • death of, [109].
• Constantine resigns his right to the throne, [498].
• Constantinople, the city of, [168].
• "Court Favorite" office of the, [430].
• Crimea, taken possession of by Vladimir, [54].
• Crusaders driven from the imperial city, [103].
• Cyrille (bishop of Novgorod) effects a treaty between Novgorod and the Tartars, [131].

D.

• Dacia, the countries forming the province of, [19].
  • conquered and divided by Trajan, [19].
• Daniel (of Gallicia) attempts of, to emancipate Russia, [126].
  • crowned emperor, [126].
• Daniel (prince of Moscow) declares independence, [134].
• Davidovitch (of Tchernigof) invited to seize the throne of Russia, [82].
  • driven from the throne by Rostislaf, [83].
  • flight of, to Moscow, [83].
• Danielovitch (Jean) appointed Grand Prince by the Tartars, [142].
  • reign and death of, [143].
• Diana, temple of, burned at Ephesus, [19].
• Diderot, Visit of, to Catharine, and her correspondence with him, [423].
• Dimsdale (Dr. Thomas) introduces inoculation, [411].
• Discoveries during the reign of Ivan, [190].
• Dnieper, baptism of the nation in the, [56].
  • plunder of the commerce on the, [86].
• Dimitri ascends the throne, [133].
  • drives André from Novgorod, [133].
  • disasters and death of, [134].
• Dimitri (son of Michel) assassinates Georges, [140].
  • execution of, [141].
  • Dmitri (of Souzdal) accession of, to the throne, [146].
  • deposed, [146].
• Dmitri (of Moscow) crowned sovereign, [146].
  • conquers the Tartars, [147].
  • wounded, [152].
  • death of, [156].
• Dmitri Chemyaka assumes the government, [166].
  • death of, [166].
• Dmitri (prince, son of Ivan IV.) assassination of, [274].
  • Griska claims to be, [278].
  • see Griska
• Dmitry declines the throne, [131].
• Drevliens, debasement of the tribe of, [25].
  • revolt of the, against Igor, [38].
  • their punishment and enthusiasm of, for Olga, [42].
• Droutsk burned by Yaropolk, [73].

E.

• Eastern Question, the cause of the present war of the, [507].
• Ecclesiastical Council called to rectify evils in the church, [132].
• Elizabeth (daughter of Peter the Great) conspiracy of, [368].
  • seizes the throne, [369].
  • victories of, over Frederic of Prussia, [375].
  • death of, [377].
  • character of, [378].
• Embassador of André insulted, [92].
  • the first from Russia, [248].
• Emigration of Russians to the mouth of the Volga, [97].
• Emperors, see Russia and Chronology
• England, influence of, in Europe, [244].
  • amicable arrangement of Russia with, [249].
  • friendship between Russia and, [248].
• Entertainment, description of a royal, [415].
• Etiquette, laws of, as to young ladies, [203].
• Eylau, battle of, [483].

F.

• Famine in Russia, [105].
• Feodor (son of Ivan IV.) ascends the throne, [270].
  • his incapacity, [273].
  • death of, [274].
• Feodor (son of Alexis) ascends throne, [299].
  • makes peace with Poland, [300].
  • marriage of, [301].
  • death of, [302].
• Feudal System, implanting of the, [28].

G.

• Genghis Khan, pretended divine authority of, [115].
  • irruption into China, [115].
  • burns Bokhara, [116].
  • recalls his troops from Russia, [118].
  • death of, [118].
  • nominates Octai as his successor, [118].
  • See Temoutchin
• George (son of André) sent embassador to Novgorod, [92].
  • returns to Moscow, [94].
• Georges (son of Monomaque) expedition of, to Bulgaria, [72].
• Georges (of Moscow) assists Sviatoslaf, [79].
  • enters Kief in triumph, [80].
  • drives Rostislaf from the throne, [81].
  • death of, [81].
• Georges I. (brother of Vsevolod) ascends the Russian throne, [104].
  • burns Rostof, [104].
  • defeated by Mstislaf, [106].
  • surrenders himself to Mstislaf, and exiled, [108].
  • disappears from history, [108].
• Georges II. ascends throne of Russia, [109].
  • attacks Ochel, [109].
  • founds Nijni Novgorod, [110].
  • death of, [122].
• Georges III (of Moscow) obtains assistance from the Tartars, [136].
  • defeated by Michel, [137].
  • secures the throne, [140].
  • assassination of, [140].
• Georgievitch (of Souzdal) Davidovitch seeks aid from, [83].
  • his system of government, [84].
• Ghirei (Devlet) character of, [251].
• Gleb (prince of Minsk) takes Sloutsk, [73].
  • capture and death of, [73].
• Gleb left in possession of Kief; flight of, [89].
• Gordon (General) entrusted with the royal troops, [317].
• Gostomysle raises an embassy to visit the Normans, [27].
• Goths, devastation of the, [19].
  • empire of the, [20].
  • suicide of Hermanric, king of the, [20].
• Greece, overrun by the Avars, [22].
  • invaded by Monomaque, [72].
• Greek Church, declared to be the best, [53].
• Greeks, colonies of the, on the Bosporus, [17].
  • coalesce with the Bulgarians and expel Sviatoslaf, [48].
• Gregory VII., see Pope
• Griska assumes to be prince Dmitri, and invades Russia, [278].
  • crowned emperor, [280].
  • perplexities of, [281].
  • marriage of, by proxy, [281].
  • death of, [283].
  • Polish adventurer claims to be, [284].
  • hung at Moscow, [286].
• Gudenow (Boris) his supremacy over Feodor, [271].
  • assassinates Dmitri, [274].
  • his subterfuge to obtain the throne, [275].
  • crowned emperor, [276].
• Gustavus III., interview of Catharine with, [443].
• Gyda, wife of Monomaque, [75].

H.