CHRONOLOGY - Russia: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present - page 409

1781
Alliance with Austria.

1789
French Revolution begins.

1781-1786
Administrative absorption of the Ukraine follows
end of Ukrainian autonomy.

1790
Publication of Aleksandr Radishchev's Journey
from St. Petersburg to Moscow, followed by his
arrest and banishment to Siberia.

1782
Law on Provincial Police. 1791

Polish Constitution of May 3.

1782-1786
Giacomo Quarenghi builds the Hermitage Palace. 1792

Novikov arrested.
Treaty of Jassy ends war with Turkey.

1783
Gentry allowed to operate private printing presses.
Russia establishes protectorate over east Geor-
gian kingdom in Treaty of Georgievsk.
Annexation of the Khanate of the Crimean Tatars.

1793
Second Partition of Poland.
Russia breaks diplomatic relations with revolu-
tionary France.

1783-1785
Russian administrative reforms applied to the
Baltic provinces (partially revoked in 1796).

1794
Polish uprising under Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
Introduction of double taxation for Jews.

1784
Acquisition of Kodiak Island off Alaska; Grigorii
Shelekov establishes first Russian colony in
Alaska.
Foundation of fortress of Vladikavkaz.

1795
Third Partition of Poland.

1796
Death of Catherine.
Alexander palace completed.

1785
Charters to the nobility and towns.

1796-1801
Reign of Paul I, son of Peter III and Catherine II.

1785-1791
Chechens and Dagestanis under Sheik Mansur
wage guerilla war against Russia.

1797
Paul issues new law of succession.
Serfdom extended to southern Russia.
Imperial edict restricts labor duty of serfdom to
three days a week.

1787
Catherine's tour of “New Russia.”

1787-1792
War with the Ottoman Empire.

1798
Paul elected grand master of the Knights of Malta.
Russia forms the Second Coalition against France.
War with France.
Suvorov's campaigns in Italy and Switzerland.

1788
Establishment of Assembly of Muslim Clergy in
Ufa.