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education of young persons of quality at Kursk. June 21, 
a treaty of commerce concluded with the Ottoman Porte. 
July, the institution of the other viceroyalties of the empire 
followed in succession. July 21, the empress published a 
manifesto by her commander in chief Prince Potemkin, in 
the Krim, in regard to the taking possession of that peninsula, 
the Kuban, and the island of Taman. The 24th, a treaty 
was concluded with Heraclius II. tzar of Kartalinia and 
Kachetti, by which he submitted himself, his heirs and suc¬ 
cessors for ever, with his territories and dominions, to the 
sceptre of her majesty, her heirs and successors. The 29th, 
an account was received from the camp ofPrince Potemkin at 
Karas-Basar, that the clergy, the beys, and other persons of 
distinction, with the towns of Karas-Basa.r, Baehtshiserai, 
Achmetchet, Kaffa, KoslofF, with the districts of Tierskan- 
skoikut and Neubasar, and that of Perekop, in the peninsula 
of the Krim, together with the hordes of Edissank and 
Dshambolusk, the sultan Alim Girey, and his vassals, with 
all the Budshaks and Bashkirs there, and all the tribes 
dwelling beyond the river Kuban, the sultan Boatur Girey 
and his vassals, took the oath of allegiance to her imperial 
majesty, and with willing hearts submitted forever to her 
sway. The 30th, the hospodar of Wallachia was desposed, 
and Draco Sutzo set up in his place. September 22, her 
majesty raised Gabriel, archbishop of Novgorod and St. 
Petersburgh, to the dignity of metropolitan. October 21, 
in the great hall of the Academy of Sciences, the new in¬ 
stitution of the Imperial Russian academy was opened, after 
a solemn consecration by the metropolitan Gabriel, and 
others of the clergy, under the presidency of the princess 
DashkofF. November 7, the empress became mediatrix for 
accommodating the differences between the king of Prussia 
and the city of Dantzic. The school for surgery was open¬ 
ed at St. Petersburgh on the 18th. December 13, a school 
commission was instituted for superintending all the public 
schools. The 28th, an act was concluded with the Ottoman 
Porte, by which the possession and sovereignty of the 
Krim, the Kuban, &c. were solemnly made over to the 
empress. 
1784. The Lesgiers, having crossed the river Alasan, and 
invaded the dominions of Georgia, were repulsed with great 
loss by a detachment of Russian troops. December 29, 
Katolikos Maksim, the serdar and court-marshal Prince 
Zeretelli, and the chief justice Kuinichese, ambassador from 
David, tzar of Imeretia, were admitted to a public audience 
of her majesty, at which they submitted, in the name of the 
tzar, and his subjects, to the will and powerful protec¬ 
tion of her imperial majesty, as the rightful head of all the 
sons of the orthodox eastern church, and sovereign ruler and 
defender of the Georgian nations. 
1785. January 1, the senate, in the name of the empire, 
humbly thanked her majesty for the benefits she bestowed 
upon it during the preceding year. The 8th and 15th, the 
empress in person, held a public examination of the young 
ladies educated in the Devitza Monastery. The 12th, Mauro 
Cordato, hospodar of Wallachia, was deposed; and 
Alexander Mauro Cordato, his uncle, restored to that 
dignity. The 21st, the empress visited the principal national 
school, and passed a long time in examining the classes, and 
the proficiency of the youth in that seminary. April 21, 
the privileges of the nobility were confirmed; and, on the 
same day, the burghers of towns constituted into bodies cor¬ 
porate, by a particular manifesto. The public school in 
Voronetsk was opened. The 24th of May, her majesty 
went to inspect the famous sluices at Vishney Volotshok, 
and other water communications, and from thence proceed¬ 
ed to Moscow. June 19th, her majesty returned to St. Peters¬ 
burgh. July 3d, she visited the hardware manufactories 
at Sisterbeck, in Finland. 14th, A manifesto was issued, 
granting full liberty of religion and commerce, to all foreigners 
settling in the regions of Mount Caucasus, under the Russian 
government. September 15th, the public school at Nishney 
Novgorod was opened. October 12th, the Jesuits in White 
Russia, in a general assembly, elected a vicar-general of their 
order. November 1st, a treaty of commerce was concluded 
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with the emperor of Germany. The 24th, the Russian con¬ 
sul, in Alexandria, blade his public entry on horseback (an 
honour never before granted to any power); erected the im¬ 
perial standard on his house, with discharge of cannon, &c. 
December 28, a Russian mercantile frigate, fully freighted, 
arrived at Leghorn from Constantinople. 
1786. January 1st, the senate returned thanks for the 
benefits conferred on the empire. From the 11th to the 
16th the new election of persons to the offices in the Peters¬ 
burgh government, ending with masquerade and illumina¬ 
tions, took place. The 29th, the empress confirmed the plan 
of a navigation school. February 12th, by a decree, the 
usual slavish subscriptions to petitions were to be discon¬ 
tinued ; and, instead of them, only the words humble or 
faithful subject, and, in certain cases, only subject were 
ordained to be used. March 2d, the empress granted the 
university of Moscow 125,000 rubles, and all the materials of 
the Kremlin for increasing its buildings. The 25th, a decree 
was passed for making and repairing the roads throughout 
the whole empire at the sole expense of the crown, and 
4,000,000 of rubles were immediately allotted for the road 
between St. Petersburgh and Moscow. April 10th, a new war 
establishment for the army was signed: 23d, the hospodar 
of Wallachia was deposed, and Mavroyeni set up in his place. 
June 28th, the empress instituted a loan bank at St. Peters¬ 
burgh, to the fund whereof she allotted 22,000,000 to be 
advanced to the nobility, and 11,000,000 to the burghers 
of the town, on very advantageous terms. August 5th, 
there were published rules to be observed in the public 
schools. October 4th, a large Russian ship, with Russian 
productions from St. Petersburgh, arrived at Cadiz. No¬ 
vember 24th, the empress erected public schools at Tambof. 
December 14th, Prince Ypsilanti was appointed hospodar 
of Moldavia in the room of the deposed Mauro Cordato. 
December 31st, a treaty of commerce and navigation was 
concluded between Russia and France. 
1787. January 7th, the empress departed from Zarskoi 
Selo on a journey to her southern dominions: 29th, after 
having visited the towns of Veleki-Luki, Smolensk, Stero- 
dub, Novgorod, Severskoi, Beresua, Tshernigof, &c. leaving 
testimonies of her clemency andbounty in each, she arrived at 
Kief. February 6-7th, the deposed hospodar of Moldavia, 
Mauro Cordato, thinking his life not safe -in Yassi, found an 
opportunity privately to escape. March, public schools were 
endowed and opened at Rostof, Uglitsh, Molaga, and Ro- 
manof, in the vice-royalty of Yaroslavl; also at Ustiug and 
Arasovitz, in the vice-royalty of Vologda. April 21st, a 
manifesto was issued for promoting peace and concord 
among the burghers of the empire. The 22d, her majesty 
pursued her journey from Kief to the Dnieper. The 25th, 
the concerted interview between her and the king of Poland, 
near the Polish town of Konief, took place. The 30th, the 
empress visited Krementshuk in the vice-royalty of Katari- 
noslauf. The treaty of commerce with England being ex¬ 
pired, the British factory were informed that they must 
henceforward pay the duties on imports in silver money, like 
the other nations who had no commercial treaty. May 7th, 
the empress hearing that the emperor of Germany was at 
Cherson, proceeded thither, and met him there on the 12th. 
The 17th, she prosecuted her journey to the Krim. June 
2d, the emperor, after travelling with her majesty through 
the Krim, took leave of her at Borislauff, in the vice-royalty 
of Katarinoslauf, on his way home. July 12th, the new 
built school at Riga, called Lyceum, was solemnly dedi¬ 
cated. August 5th, Bulgakoff, the Russian ambassador, at 
the Ottoman Porte, was imprisoned in the Seven Towers, 
contrary to the law of nations, which the empress regarded 
as a public declaration of war. 21st, the Turkish fleet at 
Otchakof, attacked the Russian frigate Skorui, and the sloop 
Bitingi, but was repulsed and put to flight by the bravery of 
the latter. Many signal advantages were gained over the 
Turks: several public schools founded in various parts of 
the empire between this and August following; during which 
time the war broke out with Sweden. 
1788. August 12th, in the expedition beyond the Kuban, 
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