Imperial Russia
Outline #8
Professor Knight

The Reign of Paul I.

I.  Russian Culture under Catherine
	Catherine’s periodicals:  
		The Busy Bee.  This and That.
	Growth of Russian Readership, Publishing.
	Nikolai Novikov
		Freemasonry.
	The French Revolution (1789)
	Alexander Radishchev
		“Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow” (1791)
			Exiled to Siberia
	Death of Catherine (November 1796)

II.  The Emperor Paul.
	N. I. Panin – Father figure, head tutor.
	Gatchina
	Maria Fedorovna (Princess of Wurtemburg) Paul’s wife.
	Paul comes to power (1797)
	Law of Succession (April 1797)
	Limitations on Serfdom
		3 days labor dues (Barshchina) a week
		No sales of peasants without land
	Gives away ½ million state peasants into serfdom.
	“Paradomania”
	Foreign Policy
		War against France
			General Suvorov
		Shift in Alliance
		Preparations for war against England and Austria
	Conspiracy Against Paul
		N. P. Panin (nephew of tutor)
		Count Pahlen (Foreign Minister)
		Alexander (Paul’s son)
	March 23, 1801—Paul overthrown.