HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA
WEEK - 5
Imperial Expansion in 18th-Century Russia
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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.
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Dr. Kenneth Church
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