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

by John S. C. Abbott

• Macedon, see Philip of
• Machmet, flattery of Jean to, [162].
• Mahomet II., wars with Genghis Khan, [116].
  • death of, [116].
• Marcow (Russian embassador) ordered to leave France, [476].
• Maria (wife of Vsevolod III.) character of, [102].
• Marriage, singular customs in, [289].
• Martyrs, Ivan and Theodore, the first Christians, [53].
• Menzikoff, sketch of the life of, [336].
  • banished by Frederic II., [366].
  • death of, [366].
• Michael III. (of Constantinople), [29].
• Michel (of Tchernigof, son of Monomaque) offered the throne of Russia, [97].
  • his reign and death, [98].
• Michel (of Tver) succeeds André on the throne of Russia, [136].
  • presents himself before the Tartar horde, [138].
  • execution of, [140].
• Missionaries sent through Russia to teach Christianity, [56].
• Mogols, character of the, [113].
  • civilization of the, [143].
• Moldavia, the inhabitants of, [83].
• Monarchy, recapitulation of the Russian, [110].
  • see Chronology
• Monomaque offered the Russian crown, [70].
  • he declines it, [71].
  • goes to the rescue of Kief, [71].
  • his expeditions to extend the empire, [72].
  • sons of, [72].
  • conquers the invaders from the Caspian Sea, [72].
  • expedition against Greece, [72].
  • "golden bonnet" of, [73].
  • death of, [73].
  • parting letter of, to his children, [74].
  • wife of, [75].
• Moroson, ambitious schemes of, [291].
  • marriage of, [292].
• Moscow, first historical mention of, [79].
  • supremacy of, [83].
  • capture of, [89].
  • burned, [98].
  • captured by Bati, [120].
  • flight of Georges II. from, [121].
  • becomes the capital, [142].
  • burned by the Tartars, [154].
  • appearance of, in 1520, [202].
  • destroyed by fire, [218].
  • grand fête at, [239].
  • destroyed by the Tartars, [261].
  • burned by the Poles, [287].
• Mstislaf (son of Monomaque) his expeditions and victories, [72].
  • succeeds his father, [75].
  • death of, [76].
• Mstislaf Ysiaslavitch, succeeds Rostislaf over Russia, [86].
  • proclamation of, [87].
  • flight of, from Kief, [89].
  • return to Kief, [89].
  • death of, [90].
• Mstislaf (son of André) ambition of, [90].
  • summoned Novgorod to surrender, [91].
  • defeat of, [91].
• Mstislaf (prince of Galitch) appears in public, [105].
  • aids Constantine, [105].
  • defeats Georges, [106].
  • beaten by the Tartars, [117].
• Munich (General) advice of, to Peter, [395].
  • appearance of, before Catharine, [401].

N.

• Napoleon, victories of, [465].
  • returns Russian prisoners, [467].
• Napoleon, remarks of, on Paul I., [472].
  • reply of, to Alexander, [478].
  • victorious at Austerlitz, [479].
  • letter of, to king of Prussia, [485].
  • exiled to Elba, [493].
  • signs the "Holy Alliance," [496].
• Nepeia, the first Russian embassador, [248].
  • his reception in London, [248].
• Nestor, record of, of the Christians in Constantinople, [41].
• Nicholas, takes oath of allegiance to Constantine, [501].
  • ascends the throne, [502].
  • puts down the rebellion, [503].
  • power of, [506].
  • assists Turks against Egypt, [513].
  • crushes Hungarian revolt, [513].
  • defeated at Sevastopol, [514].
  • death of, [517].
• Nijni Novgorod, Georges II. founds the city of, [110].
• Noble, requisite for becoming a, [25].
• Normans, at first called Scandinavians, [23].
  • early power and discoveries of, [23].
  • superior civilization of the, [26].
• Notre Dame, burial of Ysiaslaf in, [66].
• Novgorod, Rurik establishes his court at, [27].
  • annexed by Georgievitch, [84].
  • successful defense of, [91].
  • Rurik appointed prince of, [92].
  • George sent to, to adjust the difficulties in, [92].

O.

• Octai succeeds Genghis Khan, [118].
  • letter of, to the king of France, [127].
• Oleg, the guardian of Igor, [30].
  • assassinates Ascolod and Dir, [31].
  • dominion of, [31].
  • attempts a march upon Constantinople, [33].
  • the expedition, [35].
  • his treaty with the Greeks, [36].
  • death of, [37].
  • his popularity and labors for Russia, [38].
  • (son of Sviatoslaf) receives the government of the Drevliens, [48].
  • defeated by Yaropolk, [49].
  • death of, [50].
  • bones of, disinterred and baptised, [61].
• Olga (wife of Igor) assumes the regency, [42].
  • she punishes the Drevliens, [42].
  • conversion of, to Christianity, [43].
  • baptised by the name of Helen, [44].
  • death of, [46].
• Orlof (count) haughty behavior of, [407].
• Ottoman Porte, manifesto of the, [442].

P.

• Paganism in Russia demolished at a blow, [56].
• Paul I. (son of Catharine) marriage of, [421].
  • death of his wife, [432].
  • visit of, to Frederick, [433].
  • marriage of, [436].
  • travels of, [438].
  • ignorance of, [454].
  • extravagance of, [455].
  • reëstablishment of ancient etiquette, [456].
  • a horse court-martialed by, [457].
  • reason for his caprices, [458].
  • fury of, on learning his defeat, [465].
  • letter of, to Napoleon, [467].
  • surrounding influences of, [468].
  • conspiracy against, [469].
  • assassination of, [470].
• Pekin burned by the Tartars, [115].
• Pereaslavle, the territory of, given to Vsevolod, [61].
• Peregeslavetz, reconquered, and made the capital by Sviatoslaf, [48].
• Periaslavle, battle of the city of, [80].
• Peroune, one of the gods of the Russians, [41].
  • the idol of, destroyed, [55].
• Petchénègues, Igor purchases peace with the, [39].
  • Sviatoslaf defeated by the, [49].
• Peter I. (the Great) marriage of, [309].
  • attempted assassination of, [309].
  • his return to Moscow, [310].
  • indications of greatness, [311].
  • his passion for the ocean, [312].
  • settles Chinese difficulties, [314].
  • captures Azof, [315].
  • resolves to travel incognito, [316].
  • his attack on La Fort, [317].
  • his residence at Zaandam, [318].
  • his recognition, [319].
  • anecdotes of, [320].
  • his thirst for knowledge, [321].
  • visit to London, [322].
  • return to Moscow, [325].
  • his reforms in the church, [326].
  • change of the calendar, [327].
  • troubles of, with Sweden, [328].
  • coolness on hearing of the defeat of his army, [329].
  • founds St. Petersburg, [332].
  • captures Marienburg, [333].
  • meets Catharine and privately marries her, [333].
  • defeats Charles XII., [339].
  • demands of, on Queen Anne, [341].
  • reply of Anne to, [342].
  • captures Livonia, [342].
  • desperate condition of, [343].
  • public marriage of, [345].
  • journeys of, [346].
  • residence in Paris, [349].
  • letters of, to Alexis, [351].
  • arraigns his son for high treason, [356].
  • effects a peace with Sweden, [360].
  • causes coronation of Catharine, [361].
  • death of, [362].
  • inscription on the tomb of, [368].
  • statue erected to, [440].
• Peter II., regency of, [365].
  • death of, [366].
• Peter III., succeeds Elizabeth, [377].
  • early life of, and acquaintance with Catharine, [380].
  • determines to repudiate Catharine, [390].
  • alarm of, on the escape of Catharine, [395].
  • abject humiliation of, [398].
  • abdication of, [399].
  • assassination of, [402].
• Peterhoff, the palace of, [504].
• Philip (of Macedon) conquers the Scythians, [18].
• Plague, devastations of the, [419].
• Poland, aid from, to Ysiaslaf, [80].
  • Stephen Bathori elected king, [261].
  • demands of, on Russia, [264].
  • conquests of, [255].
  • conquests of Alexis in, [295].
  • death of the king of, [298].
  • John Sobieski chosen king of, [298].
  • Stanislaus Leczinsky placed on the throne of, [335].
  • degeneration of, [414].
  • sliced by Russia, Austria and Prussia, [420].
  • rebellion in, [513].
• Poles, rise of the, [513].
• Polotsk, captured by Vlademer, [52].
• Polovtsi, the nation of, [123].
• Pope (Gregory VII.) promises to assist Ysiaslaf, [64].
  • letter of, to Ysiaslaf, [64].
  • letter of, to the king of Poland, [65].
• Pope (Innocent III.) his letter to the Russian clergy, [102].
• Poppel (Nicholas) visit of, to Russia, [184].
  • solicits the daughter of Ivan for Albert of Baden, [184].
• Porphyrogenete, the emperor of Constantinople, [43].
• Pugatshef, conspiracy of, [427].
  • execution of, [429].
• Pultowa, battle of, [339].
  • festival, [346].

R.

• Religion of the Sclavonians, [26].
• Republicanism, first indication of, [131].
• Rogneda, refusal of, to marry Vlademer, [51].
  • forced to marry Vlademer, [52].
• Roman (prince of Smolensk) appointed prince of Novgorod, [92].
• Romanow (Michael Feodor) elected emperor, [287].
  • marriage of, [290].
  • prosperous reign, and death, [291].
• Rome purchases peace of the Sarmatians, [18].
• Romish Church, its dominion over the Greek church, [10].
• Rostislaf succeeds to the throne of Russia, [18].
  • driven from the throne by Georges, [82].
  • expels Davidovitch from the throne, [83].
  • death of, [86].
• Rostof burned by Georges, [104].
• Rovgolod (governor of Polotsk) his daughter demanded by Vlademer, [51].
  • death of, [52].
• Rurik, Sineous, and Truvor, consent to govern Scandinavia, [27].
  • unites the territories of his brothers to his own, [28].
  • death of, [30].
  • his crown descends to Igor, his son, [30].
• Rurik (brother of André) appointed prince of Novgorod, [92].
• Russia, history of, [17].
  • after disappearance of the Huns, [21].
  • earliest reliable information of, [23].
  • sudden rise of, from the Sclavonians, [26].
  • derivation of the name of, [27].
  • confusion of, in consequence of the death of Sviatoslaf, [49].
  • united under Yaropolk, [50].
  • years of pence under Vlademer, [57].
  • division of the empire of, [57].
  • calamity to, by the death of Yaroslaf, [62].
  • death penalty abolished in, [66].
  • misery and suffering in, [66].
  • Vsevolod succeeds Ysiaslaf in the government of, [66].
  • Sviatopolk assumes crown of, [59].
  • abandoned to destruction, [69].
  • Monomaque offered crown of, [70].
  • invaded by the Caspian hordes, [72].
  • Mstislaf becomes emperor of, [75].
  • famine and pestilence in, [76].
  • throne of, seized by Viatcheslaf, [77].
  • throne of, seized by Vsevolod, [77].
  • throne of, demised to Igor, [78].
  • varied fortunes of, [81].
  • Rostislaf succeeds Ysiaslaf in the government of, [81].
  • Georges secures the throne of, [82].
  • Mstislaf Ysiaslavitch succeeds Rostislaf as emperor of, [86].
  • union of the princes of, [87].
  • old feuds in, revived, [88].
  • fall of the capital of, [89].
  • André succeeds Mstislaf Ysiaslavitch as emperor of, [89].
  • André becomes monarch of, [95].
  • Michel offered the throne of, [97].
  • Michel's reign over, [98].
  • accession of Vsevelod III., [98].
  • Georges ascends the throne of, [104].
  • famine in, [105].
  • Constantine ascends throne of, [108].
  • Georges II. ascends throne of, [109].
  • recapitulation of the establishment of the monarchy of, [110].
  • subdivision of, [111].
  • Yaroslaf, prince of Kief, ascends the throne of, [123].
  • in the power of Bati, [125].
  • annihilated as a kingdom, [126].
  • Dmitri ascends the throne of, [133].
  • André ascends the throne of, [133].
  • ceases to be a monarchy, [135].
  • evils to, resulting from the death of André, [136].
  • Michel succeeds André, [136].
  • Georges of Moscow succeeds Michel, [140].
  • Alexander succeeds Georges, [141].
  • Jean Danielovitch succeeds Alexander, [142].
  • Simeon succeeds Danielovitch, [143].
  • accession of Ivanovitch, [146].
  • accession of Dmitri of Souzdal, [146].
  • accession of Dmitri of Moscow, [146].
  • again brought under Tartar rule, [155].
  • Vassali ascends the throne of, [156].
  • Vassali Vassalievitch ascends the throne of, [162].
  • Ivan III. ascends the throne of, [168].
  • rise of, in estimation of Europe, [172].
  • invaded by the Mogols, [177].
  • alliance of, with Hungary, [183].
  • Vassili ascends the throne of, [191].
  • splendor of the court of, [199].
  • invaded by Sigismond, [205].
  • Hélène assumes the regency of, [204].
  • Vassali Schouisky succeeds Hélène in, [208].
  • Ivan Schouisky succeeds Vassali, [208].
  • Ivan Belsky chosen regent of, [209].
  • Ivan IV. ascends the throne of, [214].
  • news of the discovery of, arrives in England, [246].
  • commerce with England, [247].
  • the first embassador from, [248].
  • Livonia attached to, [253].
  • peril of, [265].
  • Feodor ascends the throne of, [270].
  • Boris Gudenow crowned, [276].
  • Griska crowned king of, [280].
  • Zuski elected emperor of, [283].
  • Ladislaus elected king of, [285].
  • Romanow elected emperor of, [287].
  • Alexis succeeds Romanow, [291].
  • Feodor succeeds Alexis, [299].
  • Sophia, as regent for Ivan, succeeds Feodor, [303].
  • Peter succeeds Sophia, [310].
  • Catharine I. succeeds Peter I., [364].
  • Peter II. succeeds Catharine I., [365].
  • Anne succeeds Peter II., [367].
  • Ivan V. succeeds Anne, [368].
  • Elizabeth succeeds Ivan V., [369].
  • Peter III. succeeds Elizabeth, [377].
  • Catharine II., accession of, [403].
  • desolation of, by the Plague, [419].
  • vast wealth of the court of, [420].
  • judicial divisions of, [431].
  • difficulties between Turkey and, [438].
  • Paul I. succeeds Catharine II., [454].
  • Alexander succeeds Paul I., [471].
  • absence of bookstores in, [475].
  • treaty between France and, [476].
  • Nicholas succeeds Alexander I., [502].
  • extent of the territory of, [506].
  • Alexander II. succeeds Nicholas, [517].
• Russians, description of the early, [23].
  • their mode of warfare, [23].
  • retreat of the, before Akhmet, [181].
• "Russian Justice," the code called, drawn by Yaroslaf, [62].

S.