Apollinary Vasnetsov, All Saints Bridge. Moscow at the end of the seventeenth century, 1901. A later reconstruction of the capital the first Romanovs ruled, not a view taken from life. Apollinary Vasnetsov. Public domain (PD-Art reproduction). Image source.
Recovery did not restore the old Muscovy unchanged. The sections below follow the first Romanovs, rebuilt offices, serfdom, a church split, Cossack power, Siberia, and a thicker traffic of foreigners—before Peter made that traffic a programme.
