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- major treatment (in Russia: Prehistory and the rise of the Rus)
1400–1599
- Arctic exploration (in Arctic: Early Russian exploration)
- Georgia (in Georgia: Turkish and Persian domination)
- Livonia (in Livonia (historical region, Europe); in Livonian War (Russian history) )
- manorialism (in manorialism (European history))
- Ottoman Empire (in Ottoman Empire (historical empire, Eurasia and Africa): Military defeats and the emergence of the Eastern Question, 1683–1792)
- Siberian conquest (in history of Central Asia: The Russian conquests)
- Sweden (in Sweden: Political conflict)
1600–1699
- age of monarchy (in history of Europe: Russia)
- Amur River region (in Amur River (river, Asia): History)
- Baltic states (in Baltic states (region, Europe): Russian hegemony)
- Carlowitz Treaty (in Treaty of Carlowitz (Europe [1699]))
- Central Asia (in Central Asia: History)
- China (in China: Foreign relations; in Heilongjiang (province, China): History )
- Cossacks (in Cossack (Russian and Ukrainian people))
- Eurasian Steppe (in the Steppe (geographical area, Eurasia): Decline of steppe power)
- Europe (in history of Europe: Order from disorder)
- Gustav II Adolf (in Gustav II Adolf (king of Sweden): Resolution of foreign wars)
- Nerchinsk Treaty (in Treaty of Nerchinsk (China-Russia [1689]))
- Poland (in Poland: Sigismund III Vasa)
- Russo-Turkish wars (in Russo-Turkish wars (Russo-Turkish history))
- serfdom (in history of Europe: Landlords and peasants; in history of Europe: The peasantry )
- Stolbovo treaty (in Treaty of Stolbovo (Sweden-Russia [1617]))
- Thirty Years’ War (in Thirty Years’ War (European history); in history of Europe: The crisis of the war, 1629–35 )
- Ukraine (in Ukraine: The Khmelnytsky insurrection)
1700–1799
- Åland Islands (in Åland Islands (islands, Finland))
- Alaska (in Arctic: Southern and southwestern Alaska; in Alaska (state, United States): Russian settlement )
- Aleutian Islands (in Aleutian Islands (archipelago, Pacific Ocean))
- Austria (in Austria: New conflicts with the Turks and the Bourbons; in Austria: War of the Austrian Succession, 1740–48; in Austria: Conflicts with revolutionary France, 1790–1805 )
- Bar Confederation (in Confederation of Bar (Polish history))
- Belarus acquisition (in Belarus: Russian rule)
- biological weapons use (in biological weapon: Pre-20th-century use of biological weapons)
- Bulgaria (in Bulgaria: Decline of the Ottoman Empire)
- Catherine the Great (in Catherine II (empress of Russia))
- Charles XII (in Charles XII (king of Sweden): Military leadership, 1700–09)
- China (in China: Foreign relations)
- Denmark (in Denmark: Foreign policy)
- Enlightenment (in history of Europe: The Enlightenment throughout Europe)
- Estonia (in Estonia: Russian conquest)
- Frederick the Great (in Frederick II (king of Prussia): Accession to the throne and foreign policy)
- French Revolution (in French Revolution (1787-99): The Directory and revolutionary expansion)
- geographic developments (in geography: Geography and education: the 19th-century creation of an academic discipline)
- Georgia (in Georgia: Turkish and Persian domination)
- Greece (in Greece: Signs of Ottoman decline)
- Helsinki (in Helsinki (national capital))
- Karelian Isthmus (in Karelian Isthmus (isthmus, Russia))
- Kazakstan (in Kazakhstan: Russian and Soviet rule)
- Lithuania (in Lithuania: Russian rule)
- Moldavia and Moldova (in Moldavia (historical region, Europe); in Moldova: Old Moldavia )
- Native American history (in Native American (indigenous peoples of Canada and United States): The northern Pacific Coast)
- nobility (in history of Europe: Nobles and gentlemen)
- Pacific exploration (in Bering Sea and Strait (sea, Pacific Ocean): Study and exploration)
- Paul (in Paul (emperor of Russia))
- Poland (in Partitions of Poland (Polish history); in Poland: Augustus II; in Poland: Reform under Stanisław II; in Poland: The Second and Third Partitions )
- Romania (in Romania: The growing role of Russia)
- Second Northern War (in Second Northern War (Europe [1700-21]))
- Seven Years’ War (in Seven Years’ War (European history))
- sumptuary laws (in dress (body covering): Other types of legislation)
- Sweden (in Sweden: The reign of Charles XII)
- Turkistan (in Turkistan (region, Central Asia): Russian penetration)
- Ukraine (in Ukraine: The autonomous hetman state and Sloboda Ukraine)
- Walachia (in Walachia (historical region, Romania))
1800–1899
- Alaska (in Alaska Purchase (United States history); in Alaska (state, United States): Russian settlement )
- American Indians (in American Indian (people): Colonization and conquest)
- Armenia (in Armenian (people); in Armenia: Armenia and Europe )
- anarchist movement (in anarchism: Russian anarchist thought)
- Austria (in Austria: Conflicts with Napoleonic France; in Austria: Neoabsolutist era, 1849–60 )
- Austria-Hungary (in Austria: International relations: the Balkan orientation; in Austria: Foreign policy, 1878–1908 )
- Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijan: Russian suzerainty)
- Balkan states (in Balkans: Formation of nation-states)
- Baltic states (in Baltic states (region, Europe): Russian hegemony)
- Battle of Austerlitz (in Battle of Austerlitz (European history))
- Battle of Borodino (in Battle of Borodino (European history))
- Battle of Eylau (in Battle of Eylau (European history))
- Battle of Ulm (in Battle of Ulm (German history))
- Berlin Congress (in Congress of Berlin (European history))
- Bessarabia (in Bessarabia (region, Eastern Europe))
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ottoman Bosnia)
- Bulgaria (in Bulgaria: National revolution; in flag of Bulgaria )
- Çanak Treaty (in Treaty of Çanak (United Kingdom-Ottoman Empire [1809]))
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China
(in China: The antiforeign movement and the second Opium War (Arrow War); in China: East Turkistan; in Liaoning (province, China): History; in Shandong (province, China): History )- Ili crisis (in Ili crisis (Chinese history))
- Chinese Eastern Railway (in Chinese Eastern Railway (railway, China))
- Convention of Akkerman (in Convention of Akkerman (Ottoman Empire-Russia [1826]))
- Crimean War (in Battle of Balaklava (European history); in Crimean War (Eurasian history [1853–56]); in Siege of Sevastopol (Russian history) )
- Dalian (in Dalian (China): Lüshun (Port Arthur))
- Dreikaiserbund (in Dreikaiserbund (European history))
- Dual Alliance (in Dual Alliance (Europe [1894]))
- Edirne Treaty (in Treaty of Edirne (1829))
- 1830 Revolutions (in Revolutions of 1830 (European history))
- Emancipation Manifesto (in Emancipation Manifesto (Russia [1861]))
- Europe (in history of Europe: The conservative reaction; in history of Europe: Reform and reaction in eastern Europe )
- Finland (in February Manifesto (Russo-Finnish history); in Finland: Autonomous grand duchy )
- Germany (in Germany: Foreign policy, 1870–90)
- Hardenberg (in Karl August, prince von Hardenberg (Prussian statesman): Appointment as chancellor)
- Holy Alliance (in Holy Alliance (Europe))
- Hungary (in Hungary: Revolution, reaction, and “compromise”)
- Hünkâr iskelesi Treaty (in Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi (Ottoman Empire-Russia [1833]))
- India (in India: The completion of dominion and expansion; in India: The Second Afghan War )
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Iran
(in Iran: The age of imperialism)- Persian Cossack Brigade (in Persian Cossack Brigade (Iranian cavalry unit))
- January Insurrection (in January Insurrection (Polish history))
- Japan (in Japan: The growth of the northern problem)
- Jewish persecution (in pogrom (mob attack))
- Korea (in Korea (historical nation, Asia): The international power struggle and Korea’s resistance)
- Kuldja Treaty (in Treaty of Kuldja (Sino-Russian relations))
- Kyrgyzstan (in Kyrgyzstan: History)
- labour movement (in organized labour: Russia)
- Laibach Congress (in Congress of Laibach (European history))
- Marxism (in Marxism: Russian and Soviet Marxism)
- Moldavia and Moldova (in Moldova: The Russian administration (1812–1917))
- Napoleonic Wars (in French revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (European history): The rise of Napoleon; in France: The Continental System )
- nationalism (in nationalism (politics): The 1848 revolutionary wave)
- November Insurrection (in November Insurrection (Polish history))
- overland conquests (in colonialism, Western (politics): Russia’s eastward expansion)
- Palmerston (in Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (prime minister of United Kingdom): Palmerston’s fears of France and Russia)
- Peninsular War (in Peninsular War (European history))
- Poland (in Poland: The legions and the Duchy of Warsaw; in Poland: Accommodation with the ruling governments )
- police (in police (law enforcement): Postrevolutionary French police)
- protectorates (in protectorate (international relations))
- Quadruple Alliance of 1813 (in Quadruple Alliance (Europe [1813-15]))
- Reinsurance Treaty (in Reinsurance Treaty (Germany-Russia [1887]))
- Sakhalin Island (in Sakhalin Island (island, Russia))
- San Stefano treaty (in Treaty of San Stefano (Russia-Turkey [1878]))
- Schönbrunn Treaty (in Treaty of Schönbrunn (Europe [1809]))
- Second Industrial Revolution (in history of Europe: Conditions in eastern Europe)
- Serbia (in Serbia: The disintegration of Ottoman rule; in Serbia: The scramble for the Balkans )
- Serbo-Turkish War (in Serbo-Turkish War (Balkan history))
- serfdom (in serfdom)
- Slavophile movement (in Slavophile (Russian history))
- Sweden (in Sweden: Royalist reaction)
- Tajikistan (in Tajikistan: History)
- Thrace (in Thrace (region, Europe))
- Tilsit Treaties (in Treaties of Tilsit (European history))
- Transcaucasia (in Transcaucasia (region, Eurasia))
- Treaty of Bucharest (in Treaty of Bucharest (Russo-Turkish history [1812]))
- Turkmenistan (in Turkmenistan: History)
- Ukraine (in Ukraine: Ukraine under direct imperial Russian rule)
- Uzbekistan (in Uzbekistan: Russian and Soviet rule)
- Vienna Congress (in Congress of Vienna (European history))
- William II (in William II (emperor of Germany): Removal of Bismarck)
1900–1916
(in history of Europe: Reform and reaction in eastern Europe)- anti-Semitism (in anti-Semitism: Anti-Semitism in modern Europe)
- Bosnian crisis of 1908 (in Bosnian crisis of 1908 (Balkan history))
- Entente Cordiale (in Entente Cordiale (European history))
- Finland (in Finland: The struggle for independence)
- Futurism (in Futurism (the arts): Literature)
- Great Powers (in 20th-century international relations (politics): The era of the great powers; in 20th-century international relations (politics): War aims of the belligerents )
- Greece (in Greece: From the National Schism to dictatorship)
- Japan (in Japan: The Sino-Japanese War)
- Marxism (in Marxism: Lenin)
- Mongolia (in Mongolia: Mongolia from 1900 to 1990)
- Palestine (in Palestine: World War I and after)
- Poland (in Poland: The rebirth of Poland)
- Portsmouth Treaty (in Treaty of Portsmouth (Japanese-Russian history))
- pre-World War I Europe (in history of Europe: Prewar diplomacy)
- Revolution of 1905 (in Russian Revolution of 1905)
- Russo-Japanese War (in Russo-Japanese War)
- Sykes-Picot Agreement (in Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916))
- World War I (in 20th-century international relations (politics): The Russian Revolution; in World War I (1914–18): The outbreak of war; in World War I (1914–18): The Russian revolutions and the Eastern Front, March 1917–March 1918 )
- World War I intelligence operations (in intelligence (international relations): Intelligence in the modern era)
1917–1991
- inheritance law (in inheritance (law): The R.S.F.S.R.)
- insurance developments (in insurance: Russia)
- Japan (in Japan: Prologue to war)
- Russian Revolution of 1917 (in Russian Revolution of 1917)
1991–
- Balkans (in 20th-century international relations (politics): The Balkans)
- Belarus (in Belarus: Belarus in the 21st century)
- Beslan school attack (in Beslan school attack (Russian history))
- Chechnya (in Chechnya (republic, Russia): History; in Grozny (Russia) )
- Chemical Weapons Convention (in Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (1993, UN): Negotiating a treaty)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (international organization))
- Finland (in Finland: Foreign policy)
- Group of Eight (in Group of Eight (G8) (international organization))
- Gusinsky’s media empire (in Vladimir Gusinsky (Russian businessman))
- Iran (in Iran: Power)
- Japan (in Japan: International relations)
- Kazakstan (in Kazakhstan: Armed forces; in Kazakhstan: Independent Kazakhstan )
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (in 20th-century international relations (politics): The role of NATO; in North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): NATO in the post-Cold War era )
- relations with the West (in 20th-century international relations (politics): Relations with Russia)
- Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (in Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) (international arms control negotiations): START I)
- Svalbard (in Svalbard (dependent state, Norway))
- Syria (in Syria: Uprising and civil war; in Syria: Uprising and civil war; in United States: The Barack Obama administration; in Syrian Civil War (Syrian history): Civil war )
- Ukraine (in Ukraine: Soviet Ukraine)
- United Nations membership (in United Nations (UN) (international organization): Principles and membership)
395–1399
- Byzantine Empire (in Byzantine Empire (historical empire, Eurasia): Relations with Russia)
- Caucasus region (in history of Transcaucasia: Russian penetration)
- China (in China: Yuan China and the West)
- Finland (in Finland: Earliest peoples)
- Golden Horde (in history of Central Asia: Mongol rule)
- Mongol invasion (in Ögödei (Mongol khan); in history of Central Asia: Creation of the Mongol empire )
- Nevsky (in Saint Alexander Nevsky (prince of Russia))
- Novgorod Treaty (in Treaty of Novgorod (Europe [1326]))
- Sweden (in Sweden: Trade)
- Vikings (in Viking (people): Eastern Europe)
- Vorskla River battle (in Battle of the Vorskla River (Russian history))