FROM THE FRENCH OF VOLTAIRE,
BY SMOLLETT.
MANCHESTER:
S. JOHNSON & SON, No. 3, OLDHAM-STREET;
AND 48, CHURCH-ST., LIVERPOOL.
MDCCCXLV.
[CONTENTS]
| CHAPTER | |
| [I.] | Description of Russia. |
| [II.] | Continuation of the description of Russia, population,finances, armies, customs, religion: state of Russiabefore Peter the Great. |
| [III.] | The ancestors of Peter the Great. |
| [IV.] | John and Peter.—Horrible Sedition among the Strelitzes. |
| [V.] | Administration of the princess Sophia. Extraordinaryquarrel about religion. A conspiracy. |
| [VI.] | The reign of Peter the First.—Beginning ofthe grand reformation. |
| [VII.] | Congress and Treaty with the Chinese. |
| [VIII.] | Expedition to the Palus Mæotis; conquest of Azoph.—Theczar sends young gentlemen into foreign countriesfor improvement. |
| [IX.] | Travels of Peter the Great. |
| [X.] | A conspiracy punished.—The corps of strelitzes abolished,alterations in customs, manners, church, and state. |
| [XI.] | War with Sweden.—The battle of Narva. |
| [XII.] | Resources after the battle of Narva. That disaster entirelyrepaired. Peter gains a victory near the sameplace. The person who was afterwards empress madeprisoner at the storming of a town. Peter's successes.His triumph at Moscow. |
| [XIII.] | Reformation at Moscow.—Further successes.—Foundingof Petersburg.—The czar takes Narva, &c. |
| [XIV.] | Peter the Great keeps possession of all Ingria, while CharlesXII. is triumphant in other places.—Rise of Menzikoff.—Petersburgsecured.—The czar executes his designsnotwithstanding the victories of the king of Sweden. |
| [XV.] | While Peter is strengthening his conquests, and improvingthe police of his dominion, his enemy CharlesXII. gains several battles: gives laws to Poland andSaxony, and to Augustus, notwithstanding a victorygained by the Russians.—Augustus resigns the crown,and delivers up Patkul, the czar's ambassador.—Murderof Patkul, who is sentenced to be broke uponthe wheel. |
| [XVI.] | Attempts made to set up a third king of Poland.—CharlesXII. sets out from Saxony with a powerfularmy, and marches through Poland in a victorious manner.—Crueltiescommitted.—Conduct of the czar.—Successesof the king of Sweden, who at length advancestowards Russia. |
| [XVII.] | Charles XII. crosses the Boristhenes, penetrates into theUkraine, but concerts his measures badly.—One of hisarmies is defeated by Peter the Great: he loses hissupply of provisions and ammunition: advances forwardthrough a desert country: his adventures in theUkraine. |
| [XVIII.] | Battle of Pultowa. |
| [XIX.] | Consequences of the battle of Pultowa.—Charles XII.takes refuge among the Turks.—Augustus, whom hehad dethroned, recovers his dominions.—Conquests ofPeter the Great. |
| [XX.] | Campaign of Pruth. |
| [XXI.] | Conclusion of the Affairs of Pruth. |
| [XXII.] | Marriage of the czarowitz.—The marriage of Peter andCatherine publicly solemnized.—Catherine finds herbrother. |
| [XXIII.] | Taking of Stetin.—Descent upon Finland.—Eventof the year 1712. |
| [XXIV.] | Successes of Peter the Great.—Return of Charles XII.into his own dominions. |
| [XXV.] | State of Europe at the return of Charles XII.Siege of Stralsund. |
| [XXVI.] | New travels of the czar. |
| [XXVII.] | Continuation of the Travels of Peter the Great.—Conspiracyof baron Gortz.—Reception of the czar inFrance. |
| [XXVIII.] | Of the return of the czar to his dominions.—Of hispolitics and occupations. |
| [XXIX.] | Proceedings against prince Alexis Petrowitz. |
| [XXX.] | Works and establishments in 1718, and thefollowing years. |
| [XXXI.] | Of the trade of Russia. |
| [XXXII.] | Of the laws. |
| [XXXIII.] | Of Religion. |
| [XXXIV.] | The congress of Aland or Oeland. Death ofCharles XII., &c. The treaty of Nystadt. |
| [XXXV.] | Conquests in Persia. |
| [XXXVI.] | Of the Coronation of the Empress Catherine I. andthe Death of Peter the Great. |
| [Original Pieces] Relative to this History: | |
| [Sentence] pronounced against the Czarowitz Alexis. | |
| [The Peace of Nystadt.] | |
| [Ordinance] of the Emperor Peter I. for the crowningof the Empress Catherine. | |