19: Pax Russica

The segments of Lecture 19 are:

• 19a: Pax Russica
• 19b: Catherine the Great
• 19c: Alexander and Napoleon
• 19d: The Gendarme of Europe
  
• 19e: Conclusions
  

 Important terms, concepts, individuals, and events:

Tsar Peter III, Tsaritsa Catherine II, the Nakaz, Pugachev, the Partitions of Poland, Tsar Alexander I, Finland, General Ermolov, Decembrists, Tsar Nicholas I, "Official Nationality," "Third Department," Crimean War

Questions for consideration:

1. In what ways did Catherine II complete the works of Peter I? What important works were left undone?
2. How did Russian intellectual life change during the reign of Tsar Alexander I?
3. How did Tsar Nicholas I struggle to keep Russia and all Europe from the taint of democracy?