First Midterm (Feb. 14)

Note the change in date.  The midterm will be on Wednesday instead of Monday!

--Empire and Popular Uprisings Links: Stenka Razin Tsar's Edict on Stenka Razin

Stenka Razin

Emelyan Pugachev

Emelian Pugachev

Catherine and Pugachev  (More information on Catherine II.  It is useful, but optional.  THE INFORMATION ON PUGACHEV IS NOT OPTIONAL.  IT CAN BE FOUND BY SCROLLING DOWN TO THE SECTION "PUGACHEV'S REBELLION.")

Vasilii Perov's "Pugachev's Judgment" (painting)

Optional:

Russian expansion toward the Baltic Sea, Azov, and the Far East. (Three separate links. Given from the perspective of Russian naval history.)

Stepan Razin Brewery

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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia

The Battle of Borodino

Mikhail Kutuzov (A lot of text and the English is not perfect.  At least scroll down to the pictures near the bottom.)

Napoleon in Moscow

Results of War with France

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