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

by John S. C. Abbott

• Hélène appointed regent of Ivan IV., [204].
  • despotic atrocities of, [204].
  • death of, [207].
• Hellespont, origin of the name, [507].
• Henry IV. (of Germany) solicited to aid Ysiaslaf, [63].
• Henry (prince of Prussia) visits Catharine, [414].
  • schemes of, with Catharine, [417].
• Hereditary Descent the cause of war, [112].
• Hermanric, suicide of king, [20].
• Hermitage, description of the, [416].
• Herodotus, his account of the interior of Russia, [17].
• Holy Alliance, formation of the, [493].
• Hungary, aid from, sent to Ysiaslaf, [80].
  • alliance of, with Russia, [183].
  • revolt of, against Austria, [513].
• Huns, Russia devastated by the, [20].
  • revolting appearance of the, [20].
• Huns, Attila, king of the, [21].
  • disappearance of the, [21].

I.

• Idols, the Greek and Sclavonian, [26].
  • destruction of the, in Russia, [55].
• Igor, assumes the government of Russia under the guardianship of Oleg, [30].
  • fears to claim his crown, [32].
  • his love and marriage, [33].
  • assumes the government of Russia, [38].
  • attack on Constantinople, [39].
  • his defeat by the Greeks, [39].
  • second attack on Constantinople, [40].
  • concludes treaty with the Greeks, [40].
  • death of, [41].
• Igor II. receives throne of Russia, [78].
  • made prisoner, [78].
  • enters a convent, [78].
  • assassination of, [79].
• Ilmen, army on the shores of the lake of, [80].
• Impostor, see Griska
• Inventions during the reign of Ivan III., [190].
• Ivan III. ascends the throne, [168].
  • early marriage of, [168].
  • captures Kezan, [170].
  • affianced to Sophia of Greece, [174].
  • marriage of, [175].
  • his reforms, [176].
  • letter of Vassian to, [179].
  • proposals for the marriage of his daughter, [185].
  • letter of, to Sultan Bajazet II., [186].
  • letter of the Sultan to, [188].
  • death of the wife of, [189].
  • marriage of the son of, [189].
  • death of, [189].
  • discoveries and inventions during the reign of, [190].
• Ivan IV. acknowledged as tzar, [204].
  • asserts claim to the throne, [213].
  • coronation of, [214].
  • marriage of, [216].
  • change in the character of, [221].
  • his address to the people, [223].
  • defeat of, by the Tartars, [226].
  • capture of Kezan by, [235].
  • enthusiastic reception of, [237].
  • serious illness of, [240].
  • rebuke of, to Sweden, [252].
  • attaches Livonia, to Russia, [253].
  • death of the wife of, [255].
  • matrimonial projects with Poland, [255].
  • abdication of, [256].
  • petitioned to resume the throne, [257].
  • good will of England to, [259].
  • flight of, [261].
  • strives to be umpire in Poland, [263].
  • defiant demands of Poland on, [264].
  • unpopularity of, [266].
  • death of his son, depression at, [267].
  • death of, [268].
  • his sons, [270].
• Ivan V. succeeds to the throne, [368].
  • deposed by Elizabeth. [368].
  • imprisonment and sufferings of, [370].
  • assassination of, [371].
• Ivan (brother of Peter I.) seclusion and death of, [310].
• Ivanovitch (Jean, of Moscow) reign and death of, [146].

J.

• Jacob (General) deserts the Russians and defends Azov, [315].
  • captured and hung, [315].
• Jean, base flattery of, to Machmet, [162].
• Jean Danielovitch, see Danielovitch
• Jena, battle of, [482].
• Jews, attempt of André to convert the, [96].
• Joseph II. (of Germany) eccentricity of, [437].
  • visit to St. Petersburg, [438].

K.

• Kavgadi, taken possession of by Michel, [137].
• Kezan, captured by Ivan III., [170].
  • siege of, [229].
  • capture of, [235].
  • insurrection in, [240].
• Khan see Genghis
• Khozars, the, conquered by Sviatoslaf, [46].
• Kief, beauty of the city of, [28].
  • the Norman adventurers Ascolod and Dir remain there, [29].
  • taken by Oleg, [31].
  • the capital of Russia transferred from, to Bulgaria, [48].
  • captured by Vladimir, [52].
  • decoration of, by Yaroslaf, [61].
  • punishment of, by Ysiaslaf, [63].
  • destruction of the citizens of, [66].
  • government offered to Monomaque, [70].
  • festival in honor of the new reign, [71].
  • the inhabitants of, invite Vladimirovitch to ascend the throne of, [76].
  • triumphal entrance of Georges into, [80].
  • Roman appointed prince of, [92].
  • plundered by the Tartars, [124].
• Kolomna, emigration from Moscow to, [163].
• Kostroma, burned by Constantine, [104].
• Kothian (prince of Polovtsi) retreats to Hungary, [123].
• Koulikof, battle of, [149].
• Kouria (chief of the Petchénègues) defeats Sviatoslaf and makes a drinking cup of his skull, [49].

L.

• Ladislaus elected emperor, [286].
  • his election declared void, [287].
• Laharpe, efforts of, for the education of Alexander, [473].
• Leczinsky (Stanislaus) placed on the Polish throne, [335].
• Leon (of Constantine) imbecility of, [35].
• Library, foundation of the royal, of St. Petersburg, [345].
• Lippenow (Zachary) puts the Polish garrison to death, [287].
• London, Peter the Great's visit to, [322].
• London Postman, extract from the, [322].

M.