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1733-1735
War of Polish Succession against France (Russia
in alliance with Austria).
1743
Peace of Abo, new border with Finland.
1744
Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, the future Catherine
the Great, arrives in Russia to marry Peter,
Elizabeth's nephew, and designated heir to
the throne.
1734-1740
Final subjugation of the Bashkirs, who offer bit-
ter resistance in full-blown colonial war.
1735
Orenburg founded on southeastern border and
southern Urals to assist in campaign against
Bashkirs.
1746
Ban of purchase of serfs by non-nobles.
1746-1748
Russia participates in War of Austrian Succession.
1736
Changes in Peter's system limit compulsory state
service for gentry to 25 years instead of lifetime
service; service may begin at age 20. One son
may remain at home to care for landed estates.
“Possessional” serfs attached in perpetuity to fac-
tories and mines.
1750
First professional Russian theater founded in
Yaroslavl by Feodor Volkov.
1753
Internal tariffs and tolls in Russian Empire abol-
ished.
1736-1739
War against Turkey.
1754
Abolition of internal tariffs; establishment of
Noble Bank.
ca. 1740
Imperial Ballet School established at the Winter
Palace.
1754-1762
Bartolomeo Rastrelli builds the Winter Palace.
1740-1741
Reign of infant Ivan VI (son of regent Anna
Leopoldovna, Anna's niece).
1755
University of Moscow founded through efforts of
Lomonosov.
1741
Bering's expedition reaches the coast of Alaska.
Lomonosov appointed to the Academy of Sciences.
1756-1762
Russian participates in Seven Years' War.
1741-1743
War against Sweden.
1760
Landowners granted right to exile serfs to Siberia.
1741-1755
Aggressive missionary policy toward Muslims
and other non-Christian subjects.
1761-1762
Reign of Peter III.
1741-1762
Reign of Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great
from second marriage.
1762
Manifesto on rights of nobility exempts gentry
from all compulsory state service requirements.
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