Imperial Russia

• Preface
• p. xiii

• The Romanov Dynasty
• p. xv

• Maps
• p. xvi

• Introduction: Imperial Russia
• p. 1

• 1.
• Tsars and Important Advisers and Ministers (1533-1917)
• p. 5

• 2.
• The Regencies and the Problems of Dynastic Succession (1533-1917)
• p. 9

• 3.
• Political Chronologies
• p. 14

• Ivan IV, Fedor I, Boris Godunov (1533-1605)
• p. 14

• Time of Troubles (1605-1613)
• p. 15

• Michael, Alexis, Fedor III (1613-1682)
• p. 16

• Peter I (the Great) (1682-1725)
• p. 20

• Catherine I, Peter II, Anne, Ivan VI, Elizabeth, Peter III (1725-1762)
• p. 23

• Catherine II (the Great) (1762-1796)
• p. 24

• Paul (1796-1801)
• p. 26

• Alexander I (1801-1825)
• p. 27

• Nicholas I (1825-1855)
• p. 29

• Alexander II (1855-1881)
• p. 30

• Alexander III (1881-1894)
• p. 32

• Nicholas II and Revolution (1894-1917)
• p. 33

• Nicholas II's inheritance
• p. 33

• Chronology
• p. 34

• 4.
• The Influence of the West
• p. 41

• The Westerner/Slavophile controversy
• p. 41

• Peter I's visits to Western Europe
• p. 42

• The Beard Tax
• p. 43

• The founding of St Petersburg
• p. 44

• Catherine II (the Great) and the Philosophes
• p. 44

• 5.
• Political and Administrative Changes in Imperial Russia
• p. 46

• Ivan IV (the Terrible)
• p. 46

• Zemskii Sobor is convened
• p. 46

• Creation of the Oprichnina
• p. 46

• The 'Forbidden Year'
• p. 46

• Fedor I
• p. 46

• Saint George's Day law
• p. 46

• Michael
• p. 47

• Emergency tax voted by Zemskii Sobor
• p. 47

• Inventory of taxable land is taken
• p. 47

• Alexis
• p. 47

• New legal code (Ulozhenie)
• p. 47

• 'Copper Revolt'
• p. 47

• Peter I (the Great)
• p. 47

• Reform of government and administration
• p. 47

• Reform of the army and navy
• p. 48

• The Table of Ranks (1722)
• p. 50

• Catherine I, Peter II, Anne, Elizabeth, Peter III
• p. 52

• Creation of the Supreme Privy (Secret) Council
• p. 52

• 'Conditions of Mitau'
• p. 53

• Catherine II (the Great)
• p. 53

• Marshals of the Nobility (1766)
• p. 53

• Legislative Commission (1767-68) and Catherine's Nakaz
• p. 54

• The Dvoryanstvo Charter (1785)
• p. 55

• Charter to the Towns (1785)
• p. 56

• Alexander I
• p. 56

• The State reforms of 1808-09
• p. 56

• Nicholas I
• p. 57

• The Creation of the Third Section or Department (the secret police)
• p. 57

• Alexander II
• p. 58

• Reform of military service (1863)
• p. 58

• Zemstva (local self-government) in 1864
• p. 59

• Alexander III
• p. 59

• Counter-reforms
• p. 59

• Nicholas II
• p. 60

• Creation of the Duma
• p. 60

• The Vyborg Manifesto
• p. 61

• Political groupings in the dumas
• p. 62

• 6.
• Religion
• p. 65

• Russia's conversion to Christianity
• p. 65

• Chronology 1569-1918
• p. 65

• Orthodox Church
• p. 76

• Old Believers
• p. 76

• Georgian Orthodox Church
• p. 77

• Armenian Church
• p. 77

• Baptists
• p. 78

• Jews
• p. 79

• Islam
• p. 81

• 7.
• Serfdom in Imperial Russia
• p. 82

• Chronology 1640s-1918
• p. 82

• The Pugachev Rebellion
• p. 84

• Number of serfs in 1762
• p. 85

• Peasant uprisings before emancipation
• p. 85

• The edict of Emancipation of the serfs (1861)
• p. 86

• Stolypin's agrarian reforms of 1911
• p. 89

• Agricultural production
• p. 90

• 8.
• Social and Economic Progress
• p. 92

• Population
• p. 92

• Ethnic composition
• p. 93

• Changing status of women
• p. 93

• Government revenue and expenditure
• p. 97

• Money and banking
• p. 99

• Industrial growth
• p. 100

• Share capital of enterprises
• p. 101

• Decision on Employment of Minors
• p. 102

• Factory Regulations, 1886
• p. 102

• Operatives Working for Wages, 1804 and 1825
• p. 104

• Industrial Disputes 1895-1913
• p. 104

• Alcohol production
• p. 104

• Cotton industry
• p. 104

• Minerals
• p. 105

• Salt
• p. 105

• Petroleum production
• p. 106

• Exports and imports in 1901
• p. 106

• Customs and duties
• p. 107

• River and canal traffic
• p. 108

• Railways
• p. 108

• Weights and measures
• p. 110

• 9.
• The Rise of Radicalism
• p. 111

• Monarchy and absolutism: an overview
• p. 111

• The Decembrists
• p. 112

• Petrashevsky Circle
• p. 113

• Liberation of Labour Group
• p. 114

• Land and Liberty Organisation
• p. 114

• People's Freedom or Will
• p. 114

• Nihilism
• p. 115

• Pan-Slavism
• p. 115

• Bund
• p. 115

• Constitutional Democratic Party
• p. 116

• Bloody Sunday and the Revolution of 1905
• p. 116

• Popular movements in 1905
• p. 118

• Dashnaktsutyun
• p. 118

• Anarchism
• p. 118

• Menshevism
• p. 120

• Bolshevism
• p. 121

• February Revolution (1917)
• p. 121

• Telegram of 27 February 1917 from Rodzyanko President of the State Duma to the tsar
• p. 121

• Telegram of 28 February 1917 from General Alekseev Chief of Staff of the Supreme Commander to all the Commanders in Chief
• p. 122

• Nicholas II abdicates
• p. 123

• Provisional government
• p. 124

• October Revolution (1917)
• p. 124

• Murder of the ex-tsar
• p. 125

• 10.
• International Relations and the Expansion of Russia Overseas
• p. 126

• Battles and Wars 1548-1918
• p. 126

• Alliances, Congresses, Conferences and Treaties
• p. 130

• Army
• p. 132

• Navy
• p. 133

• Russia and Sweden
• p. 133

• Great Northern War
• p. 133

• Russo-Swedish War 1788-90
• p. 134

• Russia and the Ottoman Empire
• p. 134

• Russo-Turkish War 1768-74
• p. 134

• Russo-Turkish War 1787-92
• p. 134

• Russo-Turkish War 1806-12
• p. 135

• Treaty of (Edirne) Adrianople (1829)
• p. 135

• Crimean War (1853-56)
• p. 135

• Danubian Principalities
• p. 136

• Russo-Turkish War 1877-78
• p. 136

• Russia and Poland
• p. 136

• Partitions of Poland
• p. 136

• Russia and France
• p. 138

• The War of the Second Coalition 1799-1802
• p. 138

• The War of the Third Coalition 1803-07
• p. 138

• French invasion of Russia
• p. 139

• The Wars of Liberation 1813-14
• p. 140

• Congress of Vienna
• p. 140

• Russia and Japan
• p. 141

• Russo-Japanese War (1904-05)
• p. 141

• Russia and the First World War
• p. 142

• Russia and Persia
• p. 143

• Treaty of Turkmanchai
• p. 143

• Russia and Prussia
• p. 143

• Russia America (Alaska) 1741-1867
• p. 143

• Russian expansion overseas
• p. 144

• Russian Empire ethnic composition
• p. 147

• 11.
• Education and the Arts
• p. 149

• Education
• p. 149

• Libraries
• p. 154

• Publishing
• p. 155

• Alphabet and Transliteration
• p. 155

• Literature
• p. 155

• Art
• p. 156

• Ballet
• p. 157

• Theatre
• p. 157

• Architecture
• p. 158

• 12.
• Law, Crime and Punishment
• p. 160

• Law
• p. 160

• Chronology of punishments
• p. 162

• Third Section (Department)
• p. 163

• Okhrana
• p. 163

• 13.
• Press and Censorship
• p. 165

• Newspapers and journals
• p. 165

• Censorship
• p. 168

• 14.
• Biographies
• p. 171

• 15.
• Glossary
• p. 221

• 16.
• Bibliography
• p. 241

• Index
• p. 249