Congress Poland. 1815-64. Polish Kingdom created by Congress of Vienna. Ruled by Russian Czar.

Congress System. 1815-25. Diplomacy by regular meetings of Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia.

Constantinople Agreements. 1915. Secret French/British pact to give Dardanelles to Russia after WWI. Bolsheviks repudiated all previous treaties, but publicized secret ones-embarrassing.

Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.

Cossacks. Russian peasant soldiers.

Council of the Republic. 1917. Russian provisional government.

Crimean War. 1853-6. Russian attempt to get a Mediterranean port stopped by Turkey, England, France, Sardinia. Dispute over Holy places in Palestine.

Cyrillic. 9C Alphabet of Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian.

Czar. (Tsar) 1547-1918. Emperor of Russia.

Czechoslovakia Intervention. 1968. Russian troops end Dubcek reform policies. Warsaw Pact maintains right to intervene anywhere Socialism is threatened.

Dabrowski, Jan. 1755-1818. Polish general under Napoleon, hero in rebellion vs Russia.

Decembrists. 1825. Conspiracy to overthrow Czar Nicholas I. Betrayed. Established Russia’s revolutionary tradition.

Democratic Centralists. 1919-27. Russian Communists opposed to authoritarianism and bureaucracy.

Denikin, Anton. 1872-1947. Russian general of White Army, 1918-20.

Deulino, Truce. 1618-32. Russian Time of Troubles. Suspended Polish intervention.

Diaghilev, Sergei. 1872-1929. Russian. Founder of Ballet Russes (Paris) 1909.

Dmitri. -1591. Murdered heir to Russian throne. Gudunov. Time of Troubles. 1605-12 three “False Dmitris” claim throne.

Dogger Bank Incident. 1904. Russians sink British North Sea fishing trawlers believing them to be Japanese torpedo boats. Compensation paid. Russo-Japanese War.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. 1821-81. Russian psychological writer. Crime and Punishment 1866. Idiot 1868. Brothers Karamazov 1880. Exiled to Siberia 1849-59.

Dreikaiserbund. League of 3 Emperors. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Russia. First 1873-78. 2nd 1881-7 (secret).

Dresden, Treaty. 1745. Prussia gains Saxony. Ends 2nd Silesian War.

Dual Alliance. 1879-1918. Austria-Germany...Triple Alliance. 1891-1914. Secret, France-Russia. Caused Germany to declare war on France when attacking Russia. WWI.

Dukhobors. 1755-. Russian Christian pacifist, anarchist sect. Leaders claimed to be Christ reincarnated. Tolstoy sponsored emigration to Canada, 1898.

Duma. 1906-17. Russian parliament created by Nicholas II after Revolution.

Eisenstein, Sergei. 1898-1948. Russian filmmaker: Potemkin 1925. Alexander Nevsky 1938.

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