Russian Empire
the Romanovs' eastern colossus
01
The Size of the Problem
Framing + pre-1672
02
The Boy Who Saw the Spears
1672–1697
03
The Window
1697–1721
04
Revolution From Above
1700–1725
05
The Age of the Guards
1725–1762
06
The German Girl Who Became Russia
1762–1775
07
Pugachev and the Machinery of Bondage
1773–1785
08
The Empire Doubles
1768–1796
09
The Mad Tsar and the Hopeful One
1796–1812
10
1812
1812–1815
11
Gendarme of Europe
1815–1825
12
Official Nationality
1825–1853
13
The War That Told the Truth
1853–1856
14
The Tsar Liberator
1855–1866
15
Going to the People
1866–1881
16
The Golden Age
Thematic, c. 1855–1905
17
The Empire of All the Russias
Thematic, c. 1817–1905
18
The Counter-Reformation
1881–1903
19
The Year It Cracked
1894–1913
20
The Fuse Reaches the Powder
1914–1917