This course deals with the Russian Empire during its 'long eighteenth century' – in other words, from the late 1670s, in the years immediately preceding the accession of Peter I in 1682, to the death of Alexander I in 1825. The following topics are covered: Russia in the late Muscovite period; the impact of the reign of Peter I on the internal development and international position of Russia; the social and political developments of the period 1725-1762; popular revolt during the eighteenth century; the domestic and foreign policies of Catherine II; the impact of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution on Russia; Russia and the Napoleonic Wars; the failure of constitutional and social reform in the first quarter of the nineteenth century; the Decembrist Revolt of 1825; the policies towards non-Russians within the Russian empire.