The Story of Russia
by R. Van Bergen
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Contents
- Preface
- I—The Realm of the Czar
- II—Early Records of Russia
- III—The Norsemen (or Varingians) in Russia
- IV—Saint Vladimir and Iaroslaf the Great
- V—A Russian Republic
- VI—Troublous Times
- VII—The Yellow Peril
- VIII—Russia Under the Mongol Yoke
- IX—Lithuania and Moscow
- XI—Ivan III, the Great
- XII—Russia Becomes an Autocracy
- XIII—Ivan IV, the Terrible
- XIV—Russia Under Ivan the Terrible
- XV—Feodor, the Last of Rurik's Descendants
- XVI—Michael Feodorovitch or Michael, the Son of Theodore, the First Romanof
- XVII—Early Years of Peter the Great (Peter Alexievitch)
- XVIII—Peter the Great and His Reign
- XIX—Peter the Great and His Time
- XX—The Successors of Peter the Great
- XXI—Russia Under Catherine II (the Great)
- XXII—Russia During the Wars of Napoleon
- XXIII—An Eventful Period
- XXIV—Alexander II, the Liberator
- XXVI—Alexander III, the Peasants' Friend
- XXVIII—The Origin and Growth of the Asiatic Empire
- XXIX—Russian Methods. The War with Japan
- XXX—Russia Loses Her Prestige