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History of Russia
1762
Assassination
Strangles
Peter
III in plot to place
Catherine
II on the throne
1762
Coup d'Etat
A paramour of
Catherine
II
Leader
in plot to dethrone & assassinate
Peter
III & place
Catherine
II on the throne
17th July Rospha
Death
of
Peter
III, at the hands of Alexei
Orlov
(younger brother to
Gregory
Orlov, then court favorite and a participant in the coup)
1762
Death
Strangles
Peter
III in plot to place
Catherine
II on the throne
1770
Battle of Chesme
6th July Chesme
Defeats the
Turks
near the Island of
Chios
off
Anatolia
1770
Capture of Navarino
Navarino
The
Russia
n Fleet sails into the
Mediterranean
& captures
Navarino
1825
Rebellion
Moscow
Helps suppress the Decembrist uprising
1830
Treaty of Unkiar Skelessi
Unkiar Skelessi
Signed with
Turkey
for military aid if
Turkey
closes the
Straits
to foreign warships
1833
Ambassador
Constantinople
Appointed
Ambassador
to
Turkey
1856
Congress of Paris
Paris
Russia
evacuates Kars & demolishes naval bases at Sevstopol,
Odessa
&
Kherson
Paris
Russia
keeps most of Bessarabia, cedes the
Danube
mouth & keeps the
Crimea
Paris
Sent as
Russia
n delegate to the
Congress
of
Paris
Paris
The
Congress
demilitarizes the
Black
Sea
1856
Rule of Bessarabia
Bessarabia
At the
Congress
of
Paris
Russia
keeps most of
Bessarabia
1856
Rule of Crimea
Crimea
At the
Congress
of
Paris
Russia
keeps the
Crimea
1856
Rule of Danube
River Danube
At the
Congress
of
Paris
Russia
cedes the mouth of the
River
Danube
1856
Rule of Kars
Kars
At the
Congress
of
Paris
Russia
evacuates Kars
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