Our narrative has now reached the restorative period of Russian history. We have seen how Russia, from a collection of barbarous tribes, has gradually become a great group of Slavic-Tartar principalities, and how out of the turmoil of centuries the Muscovite princes of the house of Rurik had become pre-eminent, until Ivan the Great assumed the title of Czar, and Ivan the Terrible became the finished article in the line of an absolute and fully-developed irresponsible despot. We have seen how he was succeeded by political confusion and finally anarchy.
The Romanoffs
How the Czar Was Chosen
The Romanoffs a Distinguished Family
Peace the Prime Object of the Czar
Compared to Modern Mexico
Wars and Rumors of Wars
Michael's Father Made Patriarch
The Successful Reign of Alexis
The Empire Extended
Internal Dissensions
The People Reject Civilization
Old Customs Abolished
Chooses a Foreign Wife
Peter Narrowly Escapes Death
Peter's First Marriage Unhappy
The Far-Reaching object of the Czar
Many Reforms Introduced into Russia
The Complex Character of Peter the Great
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From General Nelson A. Miles
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