Foundations of Russian Empire

I. Ivan IV (1533-1584)

A. Kazan and Astrakhan

B. Crimean Tartars

C. Siberia and the Urals

1) Stroganovs

2) Colonial settlement

II. The Ukraine

A. Poland and the Uniate Church

B. Cossack and peasant rebellions

Russia Becomes an Empire

I. Peter I (1682-1725)

A. Acquisition of Azov

B. Great Northern War

C. Peter becomes “Great”

D. Adventures in the Caucasus and Safavid Persia

II. Catherine II (1762-1796)

A. War with Turkey

1) Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji

B. Annexation of the Crimea

C. Georgia

1) Treaty of Georgievsk, 1783

2) King Erekle

3) Threat from Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar and Persia

III. Paul (1796-1801)

IV. Alexander I (1801-1825)

A. Annexation of Georgia

V. Nicholas I (1825-1853)

A. Treaty of Torkamanchay, 1828

Trouble in the Caucasus

I. “Permanent Pacification” or “Extermination of the Recalcitrant”?

II. Sufi brotherhood

III. Sheikh Shamil

Russia’s New Directions

I. Far East

A. Treaty of Nerchinsk, 1689

B. 1858 and 1860 Treaties,

1) Amur River and Ussuri Region

C. Sale of Alaska

II. Central Asia

A. Men-on-the-spot

B. Russia’s Civilizing Mission

C. Gorchakov Circular, 1864

D. Dostoevsky’s “Geok-Tepe. What is Asia for Us?”

E. Russia’s Asian Heritage

III. Railroad Imperialism

Russian Imperialism

I. Similarities with American Imperialism?

A. The Frontier?

B. Manifest Destiny?

II. Similarities with Western European Imperialism?