HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

WEEK - 5
Imperial Expansion in 18th-Century Russia

TO WEEK: [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

TO: RECOMMENDED LINKS

TO: MAPS

( an * indicates a recommended site)

Oct. 3:
Marc Raeff, "In the Imperial Manner," in coursepack (50 pp.).

Oct. 5:
Encyclopedia entry due at beginning of class.
The Treaty of Georgievsk (1783), in coursepack (8 pp.).

Web Links

• Catherine the Great (Review last week's web links on Catherine the Great)

• Legislative Commission of 1767
  The Instructions of Catherine II to the Legislative Commission of 1767. From the "Documents in Russian History" posted at Seton Hall University.

• Catherine and Art

  The Bronze Horseman
  Is that Pushkin's Yevgeny on the lion statue or only Sergei Baryshnikov?
  Senate Square. From the Fresh Guide to St. Petersburg. [Also listed above...visit the site if you haven't already.]
  *The equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Some notes about how the statue was erected and what it symbolizes.
  Cartoon of the Bronze Horseman. From Alexander Zudin.
  Bronze Horseman. Picture from the Official site of the Russian National Tourist Office.
  Bronze Horseman. Photo from Neva.ru.
  Bronze Horseman. Picture from MiNat.
  *Bronze Horseman. Nighttime photo of the statue (from Expo '96).
  The Statue of Peter the Great. The Bronze Horseman in winter. Photo from St. Petersburg Picture Gallery.
  Bronze Horseman. Page from Cityvision 2000.
  Bronze Horseman. Photo from "Steve's Russia Trip."

  Stature of Voltaire
  Voltaire statue. France Diplomatie page. Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  Voltaire. One of the statues at the Hermitage. Commissioned by Catherine from scuptor Marie-Anne Collot (who also worked on the "Bronze Horseman" statue). 1770's. Posted on the Hermitage home page.
  Volataire. Famous statue commissioned by Catherine from Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1781. Posted on the Hermitage home page.

• Catherine the Great's Campaigns
  Nemtsy Chapter 9 from the online book: The Russians' Secret: What Christians Today Would Survive Persecution? by Peter Hoover with Serguei V. Petrov. [Religious activity in Catherine the Great's time; getting foreigners to settle in Russia.]
  Battles in the Black Sea. Page from the History of the Russian Navy. Sections include: "The Black Sea Fleet," "Ochakov," "From Thedonisi to Kerch," "Tendra and Kaliakria." Copyright: Publishing House "Alexander PRINT".
  The Black Sea Dilemma. A page from Expo '96.
  Battles in the Baltic Sea. Page from the History of the Russian Navy. Sections include: "Armed Neutrality," "From Hogland to Barezund," "Revel and Krasnava Gorka," Vyborg and Rochensalm." Copyright: Publishing House "Alexander PRINT".
  Catherine and Pugachev. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

• Cossacks (Review the section on the Cossacks from week 2)

• Potemkin
  Potemkin, Grigory. Entry from Compton's Encyclopedia Online.
  

• Black Sea
  The Black Sea. Description

• Crimea
  Crimean Tatars. Home page, sponsored by SOTA, Haarlem, The Netherlands. History, Deportation and Exile, Return to the Homeland, Literature Art and Architecture, etc.
  Crimea. A page by George Page, Micha Jelisavcic, John Sloan. (Links to: Archeology, Fortresses, Crimean War...) From NBCi.com.
  Crimean Photo Album. 60 photos! © Andrey Naumenko, 1997, 1998.

• Odessa
  Odessa, Ukraine. A series of pictures posted on Smartlink.net.

• Country Living
  Arcadia. A website devoted to the history of the Russian seigneurial estate. The Bakunin's at Priamukhino.
  Lord and Peasant in Russia. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel at Western New England College.
  

• Russian Nobles
  The Making of a Russian Nobleman Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.
  The Education of a Russian Nobleman. Lecture by Professor Gerhard Rempel, Western New England College.

• Map Index
  Russia and the Former Soviet Republics Maps. Index. From The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. [Other maps listed below are also from this collection unless noted.]
  

• Russia / Soviet Union Maps (general)
  Soviet Union Population. 1982 map. From the University of Texas.
  Soviet Union Nationalities. 1982 map. From the University of Texas.
  Autonomous Areas in Russia. 1996 map. From the University of Texas.
  Russia: Administrative Divisions. 1993 map. From the University of Texas.

• Caucusus Maps
  Caucusus and Central Asia. 2000 map. From the University of Texas.
  Russia's Ethnic Republics. 1994 map. Population distribution. From the University of Texas.
  Ethnolinguistic Groups in the Caucasus Region. 1995 map. From the University of Texas.
  

• Ukraine / Crimea Maps
  Map of Crimea with Tatar Place Names. By K. Cagiltay.
  Ukraine. Map with links to information on the map. From Eugene Popov (Ukraine).
  Ukraine. 1993. From the University of Texas.
  Ukraine. 1999. From the University of Texas.
  The Crimea. Note and a map from the Crimean Tatars Home page.

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