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Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov - biography

- the second Tsar of Moscow from the House of Romanov, the son of Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich and his second wife Evdokia Lukyanovna (Streshneva). Alexey Mikhailovich was born in 1629 and from the age of three was brought up under the leadership of the boyar Boris Ivanovich Morozov,

Nikolaj Mihajlovich Karamzin

(December 1, 1766, family estate Znamenskoye, Simbirsk district, Kazan province (according to other sources - the village of Mikhailovka (Preobrazhenskoye), Buzuluk district, Kazan province) - May 22, 1826, St. Petersburg) Biography Childhood, teaching, surrounded

Battle of Berezina November 14–17 (26–29), 1812

The defeat of the French army at Krasnoye could be the prologue to the complete defeat of the enemy. To do this, it was necessary to implement the plan conceived by Mikhail Kutuzov to encircle enemy forces in Mesopotamia. Kutuzov carried out a similar operation in the war with Turkey, when

Alexander I and Napoleon until 1812

LECTURE VII Second period of the reign of Alexander (1805–1807). – International position of Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. - Break with Napoleon. – Czartoryski’s plans and Alexander’s attitude towards the Poles in 1805 – Unsuccessful outcome of the 1805 campaign – War of 1806 – 1807

The main activities of the prince

The chronicle of the Russian state numbers hundreds of heroes. One of them left an indelible mark on history. What Alexander Nevsky became famous for is known to every person interested in the formation of the Russian state. Today there is a lot of controversy among

About Constantinople, which in Rus' was called Tsargrad

Now Istanbul, until 1930 Constantinople. In Rus' it was called Tsargrad. The amazing history of the city dates back more than one millennium. During this period, it underwent many changes, having been the capital of three empires at once: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman

Andrey Kurbsky.  Biography of the prince

Kurbsky Andrei Mikhailovich (born 1528 - death 1583), Russian political and military figure, writer-publicist, philanthropist. From a family of eminent Yaroslavl princes who received their surname from the main village of their inheritance - Kurba on the Kurbitsa River. He was brilliant

Iconoclastic heresy and the seventh ecumenical council

The causes and history of the emergence of the iconoclastic heresy and its overcoming at the Seventh Ecumenical Council. Dogma of Icon Veneration. *** Icon veneration in the 4th and 5th centuries came into general use in the Christian Church. According to church teaching, the veneration of icons

Time of Troubles - table by period

The first period of the Time of Troubles - chronological table The struggle for the Moscow throne (from the accession of Boris Godunov to the murder of False Dmitry I) 1598 - Death of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich, the end of the Rurik dynasty. The Zemsky Sobor elects Boris G to the kingdom

FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE (May 29, 1453)

The Fall of Constantinople (1453) - the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Turks, which led to its final fall. May 29, 1453 is undoubtedly a turning point in human history. It means the end of the old world, the world

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