The Cabinet Cyclopædia, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Cabinet Cyclopædia, Vol. 1: RussiaState of the Empire. - Mikhail Romanoff is elected Czar. - Restrictions placed on the imperial Authority. - Treaties of Peace with Sweden and Poland. - Wise Administration of Mikhail. - Minority of his Son Alexis. - Venalities of his Guardian. - Popular Commotions. - A new Dmitri appears, and is executed. - Revolution in the Ukraine. - Alexis declares War against Poland. - Treaty with Sweden is ratified. - The Ukraine is united to Russia. - Rebellion and Failure of the Cossacks. - Death of Alexis. - Effects of his Reign.Dangerous Custom of Alliance with Subjects. - Intrigues for the Throne. - Feodor. - Character of his Acts. - He destroys the Record-deeds of the Nobility, and attempts to Change the Costume of the People. - Fresh Plots upon the Throne. - Ivan and Peter are crowned. - Plots of the Princess Sophia. - Revolt of the Strelitz. - Youth of Peter. - Sophia attempts his Life, and is dismissed from the Regency. - Peter becomes sole Sovereign of Russia.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.