The Historians' History of the World: Switzerland (concluded ), Russia and Poland

Henry Smith Williams

Outlook Company, 1904

THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	1

relations of the Swiss states 13 Switzerland feels the shock of the French Revolu	23

land the nomination of deputies 28 The act of mediation 1813 A D Cabals fol	42

BRIEF REFERENCELIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS	48

A CHRONOLOGICAL Summary OF THE HISTORY OF SWITZERLAND	56

RUSSIA	69

CHAPTER I	79

the Steppes 82 Diversity of races 84 The Finns 85 Ethnological distribution	99

mate of Peters work 318 Kostomarovs estimate of Peter 323 Haxthausens	326

Death of Anna 1740 A D the succession 339 A Russian estimate of Anna	338

and of Biron 340 The nominal reign of Ivan VI 341 Anna of Brunswick assumes	362

of Peter III	368

kins schemes of conquest 392 General Suvarov 396 The favourites Lanskoi	405

valour Austrias withdrawal 408 Russia prosecutes the war the storm of Ismail	409

subjugation and final partition of Poland 417 The annexation of Courland	420

CHAPTER IX	426

Nestor tells of the baptism of Olga 100 Sviatoslav the victory of north over	115

The theory of succession 121 Civil wars 122 Vsevolod 124 Sviatopolk	124

CHAPTER III	133

Alexander Nevski 139 Death of Alexander Nevski appreciation of his character	142

The principle of direct succession 148 The battle of the Don or Kulikovo	151

Significance of the battle of Kulikovo 152 The destruction of Moscow 153	158

during the Tatar period 160 The influence of Tatar domination 163 Wallaces	164

Ivan Vasilievitch marries the Greek princess Sophia 170 The growth of autocracy	176

Affairs of Lithuania 179 Last years of Ivan inheritance left to his sons 181	189

Ivan assumes the reins of government 196 The discovery of Siberia 197	208

THE CENTURY AFTER IVAN THE TERRIBLE 15841682 A D	213

Death of Dmitri 219 The reign of Boris 222 The false Dmitri appears	224

Last years of Michael 242 Alexis 243 Feodor	247

Azov taken from the Turks 256 Schemes of conquest 258 Conspiracy	265

Foundation of St Petersburg 269 Renewed hostilities 272 Polish affairs	277

erine acknowledged as Peters wife 281 War with Turkey 282 Catherines hero	289

Domestic affairs 299 Renewed hostilities with Sweden 302 Peter as	297

The church and the aristocracy 309 Commerce with the East	311

foreign policy 432 The campaigns of Korsakov and Suvarov 433 Paul reconciled	446

leon at Tilsit 455 Russia declares war against England 456 The conquest of Fin	471

poleon on the road to Smolensk 477 The battle of Viazma Smolensk is found	484

and the congress of Vienna 490 Alexanders religious mysticism	496

and Araktcheiev 501 Educational advances the Lycée and the library 502	520

inundation of 1824 525 The close of Alexanders reign 527 Death of Alexander	532

THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I 18251855 A D	533

The coronation of Nicholas 539 Changes in internal administration	540

with Turkey 544 The Polish insurrection 545 The outbreak of cholera and	576

The fall of Sebastopol 579 Amelioration in the condition of the soldier 585	585

The emancipation of the serfs 586 Laws and social rights granted to the peasants	593

Abolition of corporal punishment 595 Reforms in the courts of justice 596	602

CHAPTER XIII	610

Foreign policy the French alliance 614 The conquest of the Tekke	622

IITHE TREATY OF BERLIN 1878	631

IIITHE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE	634

BRIEF REFERENCELIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS	641

A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA	653

Title	The Historians' History of the World: Switzerland (concluded ), Russia and Poland The Historians' History of the World, Henry Smith Williams Volume 17 of The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise and Development of Nations as Recorded by Over Two Thousand of the Great Writers of All Ages, Henry Smith Williams
Editor	Henry Smith Williams
Publisher	Outlook Company, 1904
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	20 Sep 2005

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