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	Russia - LoveToKnow Watches
		Russia has no oceanic possessions; her islands are all appendages of the mainland to which they belong.
		Gradually, however, the sea retreated from W. Russia and in the Upper Carboniferous and Permian periods it was confined to the E. At the beginning of the Mesozoic era the whole country became land, bearing upon its surface the salt lakes in which the Trias was laid down.
		The chief first-class fortresses of Russia are Warsaw and Novogeorgievsk in Poland, and Brest-Litovsk and Kovno in Lithuania.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Russia (11996 words)

	Peter I of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Russia moved to the Julian calendar just as the rest of Europe was moving to the Gregorian calendar.
		Russia turned out to be ill-prepared to fight the Swedes, and their first attempt at seizing the Baltic coast ended in disaster at the Battle of Narva in 1700.
		Russia acquired Ingria, Estonia, Livonia and a substantial portion of Karelia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_the_Great (3124 words)

	Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Because the French Revolution and Napoleon's reign witnessed the first application of the lessons of the 18th century's wars on trade and dynastic disputes, it is often falsely assumed that such ideas were the fruit of the revolution rather than ideas which found their implementation in it.
		Russia proclaimed a Patriotic War, while Napoleon proclaimed a Second Polish war, but against the expectations of the Poles who supplied almost 100,000 troops for the invasion force he avoided any concessions toward Poland, having in mind further negotiations with Russia.
		Russia maintained a scorched earth policy of retreat broken only by the Borodino on September 7, when the Russians stood and fought.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Napoleonic_wars (6493 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Russia
		The boundaries of Russia are: on the north, the Arctic Ocean; on the west, Sweden, Norway, the Baltic Sea, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Rumania; on the south, the Black Sea, Turkey, Persia, the Caspian Sea; Afghanistan, and China; on the east, the Pacific Ocean.
		Russia is a great agricultural nation; three-quarters of its population derive their support from the soil, which furnishes the most important resources of the country.
		The treaty of 15 Jan., 1772, between Russia and Prussia sanctioned the iniquitous division of Poland, which was desired by Frederick II and was hastened by the policy of the Polish nobility and, to a great extent, of the clergy.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13231c.htm (19658 words)

	Catherine II of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Catherine made Russia the dominant power in south-eastern Europe after her first Russo-Turkish War against the Ottoman Empire (1768-1774), which saw some of the greatest defeats in Turkish history, including the Battle of Chesma (1770) and the Battle of Kagul (1770).
		She pioneered for Russia the rôle that England would later with aplomb throughout most of the nineteenth and early twentieth century — that of international mediator in disputes that could, or did, lead to war.
		She showed great awareness of her image abroad, and ever desired that Europe should perceive her as a civilized and enlightened monarch, despite the fact that in Russia she often played the part of the tyrant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_II_of_Russia (2935 words)

	RUSSIA
		The Varangians/Russes got to Russia through their technology, the sailing ships that could actually take them to Greenland; but they came to rule the area through forms of large scale political organization that may have been rudimentary compared to Francia and Romania, but were beyond anything seen previously east of Moravia.
		Russia would then always be hindered by autocratic government that alternatively smothered dissent and innovation and then, alarmed at the backwardness of the country, attempted to impose top-down reforms and development -- which then would be resisted by a national conservatism that the government in its phase of being threatened by change would have loved.
		Russia was as weary of war as a country could be, but the Provisional Government decided to stay in the war against Germany.
	www.friesian.com /russia.htm (8979 words)

	::The Great Northern War::
		The Great Northern War was fought between Sweden's Charles XII and a coalition lead by Peter the Great.
		By the end of the war, Sweden had lost her supremacy as the leading power in the Baltic region and was replaced by Peter the Great's Russia.
		Britain and France were both concerned at the potential extent of Russia's power and as a result of this, pressure was brought to bear for peace treaties to bring stability to the region as it was reckoned that Russia would use war as a lever to expand.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /great_northern_war.htm (1831 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Special Report \| 1998 \| 10/98 \| World War I \| War and revolution in Russia
		Russia had experienced two revolutions in 1917, and by 1918 was in the throes of civil war.
		Today, Russia has been at odds with the other members of the contact group which is trying to bring about a peaceful solution to the conflict in former Yugoslavia because of its support for the Serbs.
		Russia had almost accidentally tumbled into something which was to lead to the downfall of tsarism; the failure of an attempt to create a democratic state; and the imposition of a totalitarian system which was to repress the Russian people and millions of their neighbours for most of the century.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/204095.stm (649 words)

	Russia's Retreat, China's Advance: The Future of Great Power Politics n Asia
		Russia is different in that it expanded into Asia by land as well as by sea, so that its Far Eastern territories became part of the national “metropole.” However, Russia’s self-perception as an Eurasian Great Power is a residue of Soviet thinking rather than rational analysis.
		Russia still exercises power and influence in Asia, but these are diminishing assets sustained by its residual military and naval forces, its ability to export sophisticated weapons to regional rivals, and its simple possession of immense territory.
		For China, Russia is also a school of economic and social policies it regards as failures and, unfortunately, an object lesson to the Chinese Communist leadership against the rapid introduction of multi-party democracy, a free press, and loosening of a highly centralized system of state control over its provinces.
	www.inthenationalinterest.com /Articles/Vol2Issue5/Vol2Issue5Merry.html (1249 words)

	Royalty.nu - The History of Imperial Russia - Russian Royalty
		Sophia, Regent of Russia, 1657-1704 by Lindsey Hughes.
		The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Catherine the Great, translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom.
		Catherine the Great: And the Enlightenment in Russia by Nancy Whitelaw.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Russia/index.html (2549 words)

	Russia & the Great Northern War
		Peter the Great (1672-1725) became Tsar in 1682 at the age of ten years, but in the same year he was forced to share the tsardom with his negligible half-brother Ivan V. Family tree]
		Russia was successful against Sweden, seizing Riga, the fortress of Viborg and much of Finland.
		To officer his army, Peter made great efforts to enforce the obligation of all landowners to serve personally in the armed forces.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/351-152.htm (1856 words)

	Peter the Great (Peter I)
		Petersburg was founded (1703) on the delta of the Neva River and the city rapidly grew to become a major seaport, as Russia gained greater and greater access to European trade routes.
		In 1712 Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg and continued to channel all the country’s energy and resources into the construction of his European "paradise".
		Peter the Great was buried in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
	www.saint-petersburg.com /history/peter1st.asp (583 words)

	Peter The Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Peter the Great was the fourteenth child of Alexei Mikhailovich, born on May 30, 1672, from his second marriage to Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina.
		Having ruled jointly with his brother Ivan V from 1682, with Ivan's death in 1696, Peter was officially declared Sovereign of all Russia.
		In 1721, he proclaimed Russia an Empire and was accorded the title of Emperor of All Russia, Great Father of the Fatherland and "the Great."
	www2.sptimes.com /Treasures/TC.2.3.6.html (206 words)

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		This site was created to inform the viewer (you) about Russia and its history and the people who make it as great as it is. Please take your time as you go through my site and check out every page, then please sign my guestbook and tell me what you think.
		Russia has a deep history that is unmatched by any other country in the world.
		Once a country deep in Communism, Russia has been making strides towards a free enterprise/socialist society as other leading nations in the world are in.
	www.geocities.com /russiathegreat91 (493 words)

	History of St. Petersburg, Russia: Catherine the Great (short biography) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The future Catherine the Great was born a German princess in one of the tiny German states, but turned out to be a powerful and enlightened ruler of the vast Russian Empire.
		In 1745 she was married to prince Carl Peter Ulrich, the heir to the Russian throne (the future Emperor Peter III).
		Throughout her long reign many reforms were undertaken and the territory of Russia was further extended by acquiring the lands of Southern Ukraine and the Crimea.
	www.cityvision2000.com /history/catherine.htm (340 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Inside Putin's Russia: The great divide
		She had endured it all, begged for bread crusts to stave off hunger, fled the city across the frozen Lake Ladoga, and barely survived.
		It was a traumatic time, during which her husband died and her only daughter passed away in her arms.
		How bizarre that the slogans of Russia's once all powerful Communist party, the iron fist that for decades ruled a superpower and determined the fates of millions of people should nowadays be reduced to drapery at a fashion shoot.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3294365.stm (1041 words)

	Russia The Great Patriotic War - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
		The Great Patriotic War, as the Soviet Union and then Russia have called that phase of World War II, thus began inauspiciously for the Soviet Union.
		After a lull in active hostilities during the winter of 1941-42, the German army renewed its offensive, scoring a number of victories in the Ukrainian Republic, Crimea, and southern Russia in the first half of 1942.
		Given these circumstances, the great majority of the Soviet people chose to fight and work on their country's behalf, thus ensuring the regime's survival.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/russia/russia_history_the_great_patriotic_war.html (1401 words)

	Modern History Sourcebook: Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725
		Peter the Great and the Rise of Russia, 1682-1725
		This great emperor came in a few years to know to a farthing the amount of all his revenues, as also how they were laid out.
		He was at little or no expense about his person, and by living rather like a private gentleman than a prince he saved wholly that great expense which other monarchs are at in supporting the grandeur of their courts.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/petergreat.html (1701 words)

	History of St. Petersburg, Russia: Peter the Great (short biography) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Crowned tzar of Russia on April 27, 1682; became Emperor of Russia on October 22, 1721.
		At the end of the war Russia was victorious and conquered the vast lands on the Baltic coast.
		In 1712 Peter the Great moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg and continued paying special attention to the swift construction of the city - his European "paradise".
	www.cityvision2000.com /history/peterthe.htm (494 words)

	Peter the Great of Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Peter the Great (1672 - 1725) was proclaimed Tzar at age 10, but due to a power struggle had to rule under the patronage of his sister Sofia.
		In 1715, at the funeral of a favourite court dwarf, lines of ecclesiastics were followed by 24 pairs of male and female dwarves arranged by height, followed by Peter and his ministers.
		He realised that Russia should be westernised to ensure its independence.
	www.didyouknow.cd /peter.htm (321 words)

	Re: Hitchhiking in Russia and Ukraine - Great Campfire Forums -digihitch.com
		A good inventory of hitchhiking spots in Russia can be found here: http://www.avp.travel.ru/menu_avp.htm but it is in russian language.
		Your report highly interested me. Russia seems to be another world, just as Poland was to me 4 years ago, when I travelled there first, being my first visit to a former Warschaupact-country.
		My 2004 trip in Russia and Ukraine was just a pilot project to find out about possibilities for non russians to hitchhike over there.
	www.digihitch.com /ftopicp-12021.html (919 words)

	Theater Program: Faculty and Staff
		One of the most famous movement coaches in Russia, he was among the founding members of the Tabakov Studio in Moscow and the Stanislavsky Summer School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
		Pokrovskaya is Professor of Acting at the Moscow Art Theatre School where she directed The Fifth Column by Hemingway, Look Back in Anger by Osborne, Woe of Wit by Griboedov, The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, and At the Bar of Tokyo Hotel by Williams.
		Russia’s leading theatre writer, scholar, and critic, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Complete Works by Stanislavsky and The Moscow Art Theatre Encyclopedia.
	www.stanschool.com /theater/faculty.html (1440 words)

	A Great Russia — www.greenwood.com
		As the centennial of "The Great War" approaches, this is a necessary--even vital--book in view of the popular distortions with which the mass media have observed other historical milestones over the past decade....
		Description: The Triple Entente of Great Britain, Russia, and France was the foreign policy prong of the Russian imperial government's reaction to the disastrous events of 1905, including the revolution and the near defeat in the Russo-Japanese War.
		This alignment with the two western, liberal powers was almost universally perceived within official Russian governing circles as a necessary, if ideologically distasteful, diplomatic relationship to offset the growing German threat on the continent.
	www.greenwood.com /catalog/C7366.aspx (311 words)

	Russia
		Peter the Great - Peter the Great of Russia - Peter the Great - The Personality of Peter the Great - Peter's Russia - Fashionable innovations of Tsar Peter the Great - Peter the Great - Olga's Gallery - Peter the Great's family values
		Catherine the Great (1763-1796) : Foreign Policy - Catherine the Great - Temple of Catherine the Great - Russia's Dark Enlightenment - Catherine the Great waits for Peter III to blow - Catherine the Great - More on Catherine the Great - Catherine the Great FAQ
		The great Russian leader, Lenin died January 21, 1924, suffering from a degenerative brain disorder.
	www.teacheroz.com /russia.htm (1129 words)

	Architecture of Russia - Great Buildings Online
		Cathedral of St. Basil, by Barma and Posnik, at Moscow, Russia, 1554.
		Church of the Transfiguration, by Vernacular, at Kizhi, Russia, 1714.
		Melnikov House, by Konstantin Melnikov, at Moscow, Russia, 1927.
	www.greatbuildings.com /places/russia.html (88 words)

	RUSSIA THE GREAT
		Russia is located in the eastern part of Europe and northern part of Asia.
		East European Plain occupies the West of Russia, further the Ural mountain chain lies, behind which West Siberian Plain stretches.

	russia.rin.ru /index_e.html (399 words)

	Russia Revising Great Game Rule Book
		To hear President Vladimir Putin tell it, the great game of the 21st century is economic in nature and Russia intends to change the way it's played.
		Putin made the rules of this new game clear in December, when he told the nation that the greatest danger facing Russia is a weak economy.
		You might also be interested in our free E-mail News Summary, which delivers our entire edition every day straight to your inbox.
	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2004/04/15/048.html (151 words)

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