Project

ID 39 SubmitterName   SubmitterEmail   Name Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825 URL http://russia.nypl.org/ Creator The New York Public Library Manager   Participating Kasinec, Edward | Davis, Robert H. | Whittaker, Cynthia H. | Allworth, Edward | Barkhatova,Elena | Cracraft, James | Sr., Kreslins, Janis | Jr., Kreslins, Janis | Ma, John | Raeff, Marc | Reyfman, Irina | Ruby, Scott | Soucek, Svatopluk | Wortman, Richard | Brainerd, Michael | Niemczyk, Barbara | Gibson, StuartMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) | A La Vieille Russie (Firm) | American Numismatic Society | Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri–Columbia | Suri, Jennifer | Clarke, Ryland, Dr. | Knight, Nathaniel Funder Boris Jordan Family | Samuel H. Kress Foundation | National Endowment for the Humanities | Wrightsman, Charles, Mrs. | Trust for Mutual Understanding | Rosenthal, Jacqueline and John P. | Holtzman, Irwin T. and Shirley | Allen, Grace | Davison, Daniel P., Mrs. | H Host   Description This project, inspired by an exhibit of the same name at the New York Public Library in 2003-2004 and coinciding with the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg, explores how Russia's interaction with Europe, Asia, and the Americas affected its development as a nation. The site is divided into five sections, beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, an event that positioned Muscovite Russia as "the only remaining true Christian state," to the end of the reign of Alexander I in 1825 (also the year of the Decembrist Revolt). Goal access | preservation Digital processes scanning Inception 2003 Future plans The site states that new content will be added. Collection    Title Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825 URL http://russia.nypl.org/ Creator   Description This project, inspired by an exhibit of the same name at the New York Public Library in 2003-2004 and coinciding with the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg, explores how Russia's interaction with Europe, Asia, and the Americas affected its development as a nation. The site is divided into five sections, beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, an event that positioned Muscovite Russia as "the only remaining true Christian state," to the end of the reign of Alexander I in 1825 (also the year of the Decembrist Revolt) Subject focus History Russia History Geographical focus Russia Europe\Asia America Chronological focus 1400H-1800H 1450D-1820D 1453-1825 Language of items eng Size of collection   Format of original items picture cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items The New York Public Library Format of surrogate items texthtml Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted © 2003 The New York Public Library The site also has a link to Photographic Services and Permissions, a division of the New York Public Library, from reproductions may be licensed. Made available 2003 Frequency of additions   Future plans New materials will be added to the site.