Chapter XI: The Reign of Nicholas I (1825-1855 A.d.) 533

The interregnum, 533. The accession of Nicholas, 537. Trial of
the conspirators, 539. The coronation of Nicholas, 539. Changes
in internal administration, 540. Reforms in the administration
of justice, 541. War with Persia, 543. War with Turkey, 544.
The Polish insurrection, 545. The outbreak of cholera and the
riots occasioned by it, 548. The war in the Caucasus, 550.
The emperor’s conservative patriotism, 555. Unveiling of the
monument at Borodino, 556. Death or retirement of the old
ministers, 557. Great fire in the winter palace, 558. The
emperor Nicholas’ views of Louis Napoleon, 559. Events leading
up to the Crimean War, 560. Outbreak of the Crimean War, 562.
France, England, and Turkey in alliance, 562. The taking of
Bomarsund, 563. The seat of war transferred to the Crimea, 564.
The battle of the Alma, 565. The seizure of Balaklava, 570.
The advance on Sebastopol, 571. The Battle of Balaklava, 572.
The Battle of Inkerman (November 5th, 1854), 573. Death of the
emperor Nicholas I, 576. Skrine’s estimate of Nicholas, 576.

CHAPTER XII

ALEXANDER II, THE CZAR LIBERATOR (1855-1881 A.D.) 578

The fall of Sebastopol, 579. Amelioration in the condition of
the soldier, 585. The emancipation of the serfs, 586. Laws
and social rights granted to the peasants, 588. Text of the
imperial proclamation, 589. Effects of the new conditions,
593. Abolition of corporal punishment, 595. Reforms in the
courts of justice, 596. The Polish insurrection of 1863, 597.
The subjection of the Caucasus, 598. The taking of Schamyl,
599. Wars with Khokand and Bokhara, 600. A glance at the past
history of Bokhara, 600. The conquest of Khiva, 601. The
Russo-Turkish War, 602. Spread of education and civilisation,
606. The death of Alexander II, 607.

CHAPTER XIII

REACTION, EXPANSION, AND THE WAR WITH JAPAN (1881-1904 A.D.) 610

The reactionary policy under Alexander III, 611. The
Russification of the provinces, 613. Foreign policy; the French
alliance, 614. The conquest of the Tekke-Turcomans, 615.
Accession of Nicholas II, 617. Kuropatkin on the Russian policy
of expansion, 619. Russia in Manchuria, 621. The war with
Japan, 622.

APPENDIX

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO RUSSIAN HISTORY

I--THE TREATY OF PARIS 626

II--THE TREATY OF BERLIN, 1878 631

III--THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE 634

BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 641

A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAN HISTORY 643

A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA 653

SWITZERLAND (_Concluded_)