CHAPTER XIII

REACTION, EXPANSION, AND THE WAR WITH JAPAN (1881-1904 A.D.) 610

The reactionary policy under Alexander III, 611. The Russification of the provinces, 613. Foreign policy; the French alliance, 614. The conquest of the Tekke-Turcomans, 615. Accession of Nicholas II, 617. Kuropatkin on the Russian policy of expansion, 619. Russia in Manchuria, 621. The war with Japan, 622.

APPENDIX

DOCUMENTS RELATING TO RUSSIAN HISTORY

I--THE TREATY OF PARIS 626

II--THE TREATY OF BERLIN, 1878 631

III--THE HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE 634

BRIEF REFERENCE-LIST OF AUTHORITIES BY CHAPTERS 641

A GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAN HISTORY 643

A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA 653

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SWITZERLAND (_Concluded_)

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