The Rise of the Russian Empire

by Saki

INDEX

• 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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FOOTNOTES

[1] The gathering of honey and wax from the combs of wild bees formed an important industry among the Polish and Russian Slavs.

[2] S. Solov’ev, Istoriya Rossie.

[3] S. Solov’ev.

[4] Ralston, Early Russian History.