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

INDEX. 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. 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. 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 .

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