Absolutism, 244 Act of Union, 71 Adashef, 87, 88 Akhmet (Khan), 76 Alexander I, 164, 172, 175, 177, 178, 179, 183, 184, 186 Alexander II, 213, 217, 223, 228, 234, 236 Alexander III, 239 Alexieff, Admiral, 275, 276 Alexis, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 141, 142 Alexis Orlof, 154, 166, 168 Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, 224 Alice (Princess), 242 Alma (the), 210 Anarchism, 232 Anastasia, 86, 88, 95, 103 Andrassy, 227 Angles, 25 Anna, 28, 29 Anna Ivanovna, 142, 146, 148 Anthony, 75 Appanages, 26, 34 Apraxin, 144, 150 Arable Steppes, 4 Araktcheef, 185 Aryan, 8, 14 Asia Minor, 70 Asiatic Mongols, 46 Askold, 19 Austerlitz, 177 Austria, 170, 180 Azof, Sea of, 115 Bacon, Francis, 91 Baikal, Lake, 253 Balthazi, 133 Baltic (the), 13, 43, 59, 124 Baltic Fleet, 286 Barren Steppes, 4 Bashi-Bazuks, 225 Basil, 28 Batui, 48 Beaconsfield, 224, 227 Berlin, Treaty of, 227 Bessarabia, 227 Biron, 146, 148 Bismarck, 227 Black Lands, 4, 39 Black Sea, 6, 12, 115, 214 Bogoliubski (Andrew), 40, 62, 83 Bohemians, 13, 27 Book of Instruction, 161 Book of Pedigrees, 110 Boris Godunof, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101 Bosnia, 224, 226, 227 Bosphorus (the), 20, 71 Boxer War, 267 Boyars, 27, 38, 43, 48, 51 Bremen, 45 Britain, 25 Buddhism, 257 Bulgaria, 24, 74, 226, 227 Bulgarians, 11, 27 Burnett, Bishop, 120 Byzantine, 36, 49, 66 Byzantine Empire, 11, 13, 72 Byzantium, 19, 27, 31, 32, 33, 36, 72, 74 Calendar (new), 138 Candia, 204 Carpathians, 3 Caspian Sea, 12 Cathay, 47 Catherine I, 130, 132, 143 Catherine II, 155, 157, 159, 160, 165, 166, 169, 175 Catholics, 27 Caucasus, 3 Centaurs, 14 Charlemagne, 13 Charles Martel, 72 Charles I, 108 Charles II, 108 Charles X, 192 Charles XI, 124 Charles XII, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 132, 133, 140 Charlotte (Princess), 213 Charlotte of Brunswick, 142 Chemulpho (Battle of), 276 Chersonesos, 7 China, 47, 253 China-Japan War, 254, 259, 263 Chopin, 164 Christian IX, 224 Church of Bethlehem, 206 Cincinnati, Order of, 163 Circassia, 176 Code Napoleon, 180 Commune (the), 15 Confucianism, 257 Constantine, Grand Duke, 164, 172, 187, 188, 189, 193 Constantinople, 18, 20, 23, 28, 30, 39, 46, 64, 70 Constitution, 292 Cossacks, 101, 105, 106 Council of the Empire, 290, 291 Court of Arbitration, 281 Cracow, 50, 102 Crimea, 7, 77, 115, 164 Crimean War, 210 Cyprus, 227 Dagmar, 224 Daimios, 257 Dalny, 275, 278, 279 Daniel, 270 Danube (the), 23 Dir, 19 Dmitri, 95, 96, 101, 102 Dmitri Donskoi, 69 Dnieper (the), 4, 12, 19, 39, 42 Dolgorukis, 83 Dolgoruki (Yuri), 40, 61, 62, 63 Dolgoruki (Prince), 177, 301 Don (the), 69, 101 Drevlins (the), 21, 26 Drujina, 37, 38, 52 Drujiniki (the), 46 Duma, 290, 291, 292, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301 Durnovo, M., 296