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  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.
When Ivan III marries a granddaughter of one of the last of the Palaeologi Emperors, he is in a position to claim the Throne of Constantinople --the city just having fallen to the Ottomans.
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  Russia Encyclopedia Articles @ IntAdopt.com (International Adoption)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Early East Slavs constituted the bulk of the population in Western Russia from the 7th century onwards and slowly assimilated the native Finno-Ugric tribes, such as the Merya, the Muromians and the Meshchera.
The politics of Russia (the Russian Federation) take place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of Russia is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
Russia saw its comparatively developed centrally planned economy contract severely for five years, as the executive and the legislature dithered over the implementation of reforms and Russia's aging industrial base faced a serious decline.
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 Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
George III was a member of the Regency Council at the beginning of the reign of Ivan the Terrible, but he was deposed and executed at the behest of Yelena Glinskaya (Ivan's mother), who feared his rights to the throne of Muscovy.
Modern center of Kursk oblast of Russia, roughly 225 miles south of Moscow and an equal distance east of Kiev.
Note well; although the state may fairly be thought to have emerged in 1547 with the coronation of John as Tsar (Caesar) of All the Russias, the Russian Empire per se does not technically commence until the assumption of the titles of Imperator and Autocrat by Peter the Great in 1721.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Religion of Russia
In 1080 the antipope Clement III sent a letter to the Metropolitan Ivan II (dead in 1089), proposing to the latter the union of the Russian Church; Ivan answered, however, enumerating the heresies of the Latins (Marcovitch attributes this letter to the Metropolitan Ivan IV, who, according to Golubinsky, died in 1166).
Under Honorius III (1216-1227) St. Hyacinth, with other religious of the Order of St. Dominic, preached the Catholic faith in southern Russia, and founded a convent at Kieff, while a religious of the same order in 1232 was appointed bishop of that city, out of which, however, the Dominicans were driven in 1233.
Wherefore, Russia did not accept the decree of union of the Council of Florence; on the contrary, she drew from it arguments to proclaim the superiority of her Orthodox faith over the pliant faith of the Greeks, and to prepare the way for her religious autonomy.
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 russia
Alexander I (1777-1825) Tsar of Russia from 1801.
Alexander II (of Russia) (1818-81), emperor of Russia (1855-81), son of Emperor Nicholas I and nephew of Alexander I. He ascended the throne during the Crimean War and in 1856 signed the Treaty of Paris, which brought the hostilities to an end.
Russia was unprepared for the war; there were shortages of ammunition and of officers to command the soldiers, as well as problems transporting food throughout Russia.
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 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 shares the possession of the Baltic Sea with Sweden, Germany, and Denmark, and its waters have been the highway of Russian commerce since the time of Peter the Great, although their shores are rugged and reefs numerous.
The greatest increase in the population is given by the region of New Russia, that of the Baltic, and the Province of Moscow.
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 A capsule history of Russia
Nicholas' reign was nothing short of disastrous, as Russia was defeated by Japan in 1904 and the régime collapsed altogether in 1917.
However, with Russia losing the war and the authority of the provisional government challenged by ad hoc urban soviets or councils, it became obvious that it was not in control of events.
Lenin attempted to help Russia compensate for the fact that, according to classic Marxian theory, it was not ripe for socialism because it had not even reached the capitalist stage.
www.redeemer.on.ca /academics/polisci/Russian_history.html   (5802 words)

  
 The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Empire of Russia, by John S. C. Abbott
Vsevolod, an amiable man of but very little force of character, was crushed by the calamities which were overwhelming his country.
Vsevolod was the favorite son of Yaroslaf the Great, and his father, with his dying breath, had expressed the wish that Vsevolod, when death should come to him, might be placed in the tomb by his side.
But disaster seemed to be the doom of Russia, and the sounds of rejoicing which attended his accession to the throne had hardly died away ere a new scene of woe burst upon the devoted land.
www.gutenberg.org /files/15269/15269-h/15269-h.htm   (18380 words)

  
 Vympel-tour. Russia, Golden Ring, Vladimir.
Up to 1432, Grand Princes of Russia were crowned in the Vladimir Cathedral of the Assumption of Holly Mother of God.
The Cathedral of St. Dmitry was built in 1194- 1197 in the reign of Prince Vsevolod III who dedicated it to his heavenly patron St. Demetrius of Salonica.
It used to be part of the buildings of the prince's court, and was one of the most beautiful and original cathedrals of ancient Russia.
www.vympel-tour.ru /g_ring/g_ring03.html   (291 words)

  
 Golden Ring, Russia
Today the town of the Golden Ring of Russia is one of the district centers of Vladimir region, well-known in Russia and abroad as the national center of glassmaking.
He was a mythical epic hero defending people of Russia and later became a synonym of superior physical and spiritual power and integrity, dedicated to the protection of the Homeland.
Uglich is famous for Russia's darkest secret - the death of young Prince Dimitri, son of Ivan the Terrible who is often called Tsarevich (a heir to the throne) Dmitry.
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 A Timeline of the History of the City of Vladimir, Russia on the Golden Ring
As a result, under the direction of Prince Vsevolod III "Big Nest," the cathedral is rebuilt.
The Princess Convent is founded by Princess Maria Shvarnova, the wife of Vsevolod III.
Prince Alexander Nevsky, grandson of Prince Vsevolod III, ascends the thrown in Vladimir.
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 The Song of Igor's Campaign,
Igor son of Svyatoslav and grandson of Oleg
That Oleg forged feuds with the sword, and sowed the land with arrows.
All because the two brave sons of Svyatoslav, Igor and Vsevolod, stirred up the virulence 355 that had been all but curbed by their senior, dread Svyatoslav, the Great [Prince] of Kiev, [who kept the Kumans] in dread.
Nemiga's gory banks are not 660 sowed goodly- sown with the bones of Russia's sons.
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 Russia
Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century.
Russia in the Age of Modernization and Reform, 1881-1917.
Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval.
www.country-data.com /frd/cs/russia/ru_bibl.html   (7610 words)

  
 Chronology of Russia  
Brother of Yuri III "Grand prince of Vladimir and All Russia".
Resident in Moscow 1341-1353 Simeon (the Proud) 1353-1359 Ivan II (the Meek), brother of Simeon 1359-1389 Dmitrii Ivanovich 1389-1425 Vasily I 1425-1461 Vasiliy II (the Dark) 1462-1505 Ivan III (the Great) 1505-1533 Vasiliy III 1533-1538 Helena Blinski, widow of Vasiliy II.
Niece of Anna; mother of Ivan VI 1741-1762 Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna) 1762 Peter III, Elizabeth's nephew, killed after revolt led by Catherine II 1762-1796 Catherine II (the Great).
www.ac.wwu.edu /~stephan/Rulers/chron.russia.html   (201 words)

  
 Russia.htm
Northern part of Russia was using silver and gold coins of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Ivan II 1353-59 CE Russia experienced a coin less period between 12th to 14th century by reverting to barter system and using silver ingots (Kievan grivnas).
Ivan IV introduced a unified coinage for all of the Russia in 1534 CE based on the kopek (1 ruble = 100 kopek).
www.worldcoincatalog.com /C5/Russia/Russia.htm   (829 words)

  
 Regents of Russia
Tsar was the Russian word for Emperor but abroad it was generally seen as Russian variant of king.
To be recognised as emperor Peter the Great proclaimed himself as Imperator of all Russia 1721, which became the official title although the title tsar lived on in popular use.
Vsevolod II Igor II Isjaslav II Jurij Dolgoruki
www.tacitus.nu /historical-atlas/regents/russia   (181 words)

  
 LTS » Lutheran theological seminary » selc » novosibirsk » russia »
A meeting of representatives of the Siberian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church took place on March 14 at the Consistory building across from the Cathedral (Dom) in Tallinn.
Bishop-Elect Vsevolod Lytkin and LTS Rector Alexei Streltsov, representing the SELC, met with Archbishop Andres Pöder, Rev. Peter Kaldur, and other officials of the EELC...
On January 30 SELC Bishop-Elect Vsevolod Lytkin and LTS Alexei Streltsov met with LCMS President Gerald Kieschnick and Dr. Samuel Nafzger, Chairman of the CTCR and Advisor to President Kieschnick at the LCMS International Center (affectionately nicknamed "The Purple Palace") in suburban St. Louis, Missouri...
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 Путеводитель по г. Владимир :: Viaggiare in Russia.com
Vladimir is one of Russia's oldest cities, long the capital of the Russian state.
It was built in 1108 as a fortress on the banks of the river Klyaz'ma by Vladimir Monomah, and given his name.
Prince Andrei's brother, Vsevolod III Bol'shoye Gnezdo (Big Nest), so called for his large progeny, continues in prince Andrei's path.
www.viaggiareinrussia.com /ru_sight_vladimir.html   (536 words)

  
 Golden Ring Photo Gallery. City Vladimir.
After the capital had been transferred from Kiev to Vladimir and the Metropolitan had moved there, the cathedral got the status of the major house of worship in Russia having in its possession the image of the Holy Virgin, the patron icon of Russia.
It was erected in honor of the birth of Vsevolod's son Dmitri.
In the mid-13th century it became a residence of the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church retaining this status until 1323.
www.visitrussia.com /guide/gallery-goldring-vladimir.htm   (1320 words)

  
 A timeline of Russia
: to Iziaslav the capital Kiev, to Svjatoslav the city-state of Chernigov, and to Vsevolod the Pereiaslavl, Rostov-Suzdal and the Volga River region
: a Polish rebellion is crushed by Russia that partitions one fourth of Poland with Prussia and Austria
: Russia invades Sweden and Sweden cedes Finland to Russia
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 PT3311
On a sunny but cool Wednesday in the middle of May 1874, Emperor Alexander II of Russia was in the English Channel on his yacht Derzhava; he was headed for Dover.
She and Napoleon III had settled on an estate here after he had been ousted from power in the wake of defeats at the hands of Prussia.
In a proclamation issued at the beginning of Russia's involvement, Alexander himself told the Bulgarians that Russia was called upon by the "decrees of Providence" to assist the Bulgarians, to deliver them from the "arbitrary rule" of the Muslims.
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 Anatoly Russia
The themes will include changing notions of citizenship and nationality; mobilization, conflict and secessionism in the Caucasus; Islam and politics in Central Asia; threats of regional disintegration in Russia; identity claims and economic development; the consequences of EU enlargement and NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and Russia; and diaspora and transnational politics.
In Russia, it is much more a delicate balance between directing and playwriting - because of Meyerhold, Stanislavsky, Vakhtangov and other great Russian directors.
Here in Russia, we have great set designers, world class, and the design can be overdeveloped, independent of the play and director.
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 Les Princes Gagarin: Home Page
The Princely House of Gagarin orginates from the founder of Russia, Rurik
, the Christianizer of Russia, and the son of Grand Duke Vsevolod III Bolchoie Gnesdo of Wladimir, 1175-1212, Ivan Vsevoloditch, Reigning Prince of Starodub
According to many rulings of the Imperial Senate of Russia, the members of the family were reconfirmed many times as Russian Princes.
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 Rus Çar ve Çariçelerinin listesi
* [[Iziaslav III of KievIziaslav III]] (1155–1162, with intervals)
** [[Sophia Alekseyevna]] ([[1682]]-[[1689]]) (was a [[regent]] of Russia in the time of joint ruler Peter I with Ivan V) * [[Ivan V of RussiaIvan V]] ([[1682]] - [[1696]]) (joint ruler with Peter I) * [[Peter I of RussiaPeter I]] (Peter the Great) ([[1682]] - [[1721]]) (joint ruler with Ivan V until [[1696]])
* [[Alexander III of RussiaAlexander III]] ([[1881]] - [[1894]])
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 Yurij Iii Vsevolodovich Kiev & Vladimir / Agafiya Vsevolodovna Duchess Chernigov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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Father: Vsevolod Iii Yurevich Grand Duke Of Vladimir Mother: Maria Of Ossetia Princess Ossetian
He was the second son of Vsevolod III no other grandchildren of Yurii II were alive in 1212, but Vsevolods will proclaimed him the eldest.
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 Medieval Russian Rulers
1505-1533 Vasili III, son of Ivan III and Sophia Paleologa
The Crisis of Medieval Russia, 1200-1304 Longman, 1983.
MacKenzie and Curran, A History of Russia, the Soviet Union and Beyond.
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