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1796 |
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The Alexander Palace is completed in Tsarskoyoe Selo. |
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17 November
(6 November) |
Catherine the Great dies in St. Petersburg. Paul I becomes Tsar of
Russia. |
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18 November
(7 November) |
Coronation of Paul I.
Alexei Arakcheyev is appointed commandant of St. Petersburg garrison. |
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Tsar Paul I attempts to reform the army by introducing the Infantry Codes -
a set of regulations based on ceremonial drill. General Suvorov
ignores the new regulations. |
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19 December
(8 December) |
General Pyotr A. Rumyantsev dies at age 71. |
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1797 |
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Tsar Paul I issues a decree stating that mandatory work (barshchina) by
serfs for the landed nobility would be limited to three days a week. |
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January |
The Knights Hospitaller of Malta approach Paul about the Priory of Poland.
Tsar Paul relocates it to St. Petersburg. |
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August |
Knights Hospitaller bestow knighthood on Tsar Paul for
his earlier assistance with the Priory of Poland. |
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1798 |
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June |
Napoleon's forces invade Malta, |
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October |
Tsar Paul is elected Grand Master of the Knights of Malta. |
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1799 |
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Russian involvement in the War of the Second Coalition against Napoleon. |
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General Suvorov leads campaign in Italy and Switzerland. |
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6 June
(26 May) |
Russian poet Alexander S Pushkin is born. |
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8 July |
Ukaz of 1799 establishes the Russian-American Company and grants a Russian
monopoly on trade along North American Pacific coast down to 55° N latitude. |
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Russia ends involvement in War of the Second Coaliton. |
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1800 |
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Tsar Paul interns all British ships and crews in Russian ports in response
to the British seizure of Malta and failure to return it to the Knights
Hospitaller. |
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1801 |
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Sale of serfs without land is prohibited. |
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8 January |
Tsar Paul signs decree formally incorporating Georgia into the Russian
Empire. |
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23 March
(11 March) |
Tsar Paul is murdered by a group of noblemen. Tsar Alexander I takes
the throne. |
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12 September |
Tsar Alexander I affirms Paul's decree annexing Georgia. |
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11 November
(30 October) |
Fyodor M. Dostoevsky is born in Moscow. |
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1802 |
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8 September |
Tsar Alexander establishes ministries to replace the Collegium
established by Peter the Great as part of administrative reforms. |
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1803 |
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1804
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1805
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General Alexi Arakcheyev develops "System of 1805" for artillery. The
reorganization would increase the firepower of Russian divisons. |
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Architect Andreyan Zakharov is appointed as Chief Architect of the
Department of the Navy. |
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1806 |
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Conquest of Dagestan and Baku. |
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Architect Andreyan Zakharov begins work on the empire style Admiralty
building which would be completed in 1815. |
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1807 |
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Count Mikhail Speransky begins administrative reforms leading to the
establishment of the State Council by Tsar Alexander I. |
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1808 |
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January |
General Alexi Arakcheyev is promoted to Defense Minister. |
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1809 |
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Ivan Krylov's Fables is published. It contains 23
short fables and was extremely successful. |
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17 September |
Treaty of Frederikshamn between Russia and Sweden is signed resulting in
the annexation of Finland by the Russian Empire. |
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1810 |
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1811 |
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Ivan Krylov is admitted into the Russian Academy of Sciences. |
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1812 |
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Ivan Krylov begins working at the Imperial Library where he would stay
until 1841. |
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24 June |
Napoleon invades Russia. |
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26 August |
Battle of Borodino. |
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14 September |
Napoleon enters Moscow. |
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19 October |
Napoleon leaves Moscow. |
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1813 |
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Alexander I pursues Napoleon to Paris (will go into 1814) |
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1814 |
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1815 |
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