Philarete, Metropolitan, father of the first Romanof, 135. Plemia, confederacy of tribes, 28. Poland, Partition of, 188. Poliessa, forest region, 20. Poniatowski, Stanislas, 187. Portsmouth, Peace treaty at, 284. Possadnik, burgomaster or commandant, 52. Prestige, Russia loses her, 277. Pskof, Republic of, 51. Pultowa, Battle of, 81. R Raskol, plur. Raskolnik, Religious Madmen, opponents to Nicon's reforms, 146. Roman, Duke of Volhynia, 61. Romanof, Anastasia, wife of Ivan the Terrible, 114. Romanof, Michael, elected czar, 135. Rurik, 29. Russkaia Pravda, Russian Right, 45. Ryndis, young nobles, 110. S St. Petersburg founded, 168. Sarai, Capital of the Golden Horde, 68. Schamyl, 209. Scythians, 23. Simeon, first Grand Duke of All the Russias, 88. Sineous, 29. Slavophil, Friend of Slavs, 230. Slavs, 25. Smerd, boor, lout. Sophia, Autocrat of All the Russias, 145. Starost, elder or mayor, 52. Streltsi, national guard, 121. Stri Bog, god of the winds, 27. Sviatopolk, 44, 49. Sviatoslaf, 35, 41. T Tamerlane, 92. Tartars or Tatars, 63. Tartartchina, Tartar Yoke, 73. Tcherne. Black people, name applied to the people by the nobles, 77. Tchelobitie, Beating of the forehead, i. e., petition, 123. Tchin, plur. Tchinovnik, lit. Gentlemen, now Officials, 164. Tilsit, meeting at, 199. Transcaspia, 264. Treaty of Berlin, 234. Treaty of Paris, 220. Truvor, 29. Turkestan, 264. Turks, 94, 231. Turkey, war with, 232. Tysatski, commandant of the militia, 52. U Ukase, imperial edict equal to law Ural Mountains, 18. Uzbeck, Khan, 68. V Valdai Plateau, 19. Varingians, Norsemen, 29. Vassili the Blind, 93. Vetche, Municipal Council, 27. Vitovt, 81. Vladimir Monomachus, 49. Vladimir, Saint, 41. Voievod, governor of a fortress, 33. Volga, 119. Voloss, god of the flocks, 27. Volost, county or canton, 28. Vsevolod, 57. Z Zemstvo, Assembly, 226. Zimisces, John, 38.