
INDEX.
525
"
Secret
Chancery,"
abolished,
i. 455
;
its
atrocities,
450,
457
Sedr
Azim,
the Persian
minister,
i.
409
Selim
Pasha,
seraskier
of
Anatolia,
ii.
434
;
victories
of,
444
Semen,
the
head
of the secret
police,
sacrificed,
i.
182
Serfs
of the
soil,
i.
154
"
Seven
Years'
War,"
i.
437,441
etseq.
;
terminated,
452
Seymour,
Sir
H.,
his
private
conversa-
tions
with the
emperor
Nicholas
respecting Turkey,
ii. 422
—
432
Shakhofskoi,
Prince,
incites
a rebel-
lion,
i.
202; captured,
205
Shaniyl,
the Circassian
chief,
ii.
397
;
his successes
against
the
Russians,
398
et
scq.
;
victories
of,
447
Sheikbul
Mam,
the,
high
pontiff
of the
Mussulman*, deposed,
ii.
403
Sheremetef,
Marshal,
i. 20s
Sherwood,
the
informer,
ii.
322
Shuiski,
Vassili,
i.
134, 135;
defeats
Dmitri,
175: recalled to
Moscow,
180;
his declaration
in favour of
Dmitri,
181;
conspires
against
Dmitri,
189;
his banishment
rind
pardon,
190;
rebels
against
Dmitri,
195;
pro-
claimed czar
i >f
Russia,
200;
sends
an
embassy
to
Poland, tfi-;
his
civil
contests,
2u3;
deposed,
209
Shutiib.
geographical
features
of,
ii.
338,339;
failure
of
the
Russian
at-
tempt
on,
3 10
Shuvalof,
[van,
his dismissal
from
royal
favour,
ii.
3
Siberians,
incursion
of
the,
i.
142
Sibilsky,
the Saxon
general,
i,
187
Sielawa,
tbe
nun,
murder
of,
ii. 3S3
Siemasko,
the
renegade
bishop,
ii.
381;
liis cruel
persecutions
of the
nuns of
Minsk,
388
<
t 8<
v-
Sievers,
the Russian
minister,
ii. 122
Sigismond, king
of
Poland,
i.
170
;
embassy
from,
L91; lays siege
to
Smolensk,
208
Silistria,
operations against,
ii.
345
—
847 ;
retaini d in
pledge by
Russia,
853;
invested
by
the
Russians,
472
<
/
Sl
7.
;
historical
enigma
respect
ing
the
siege,
1/72,
47:;;
flying
ru lira
respecting;
473—475;
bombardment
ana assaults
on,
478
etseq.;
gallant
defence
of,
479,
480;
relieved
by
Omer
Pasha,
182;
the Russians com-
pelled
to
retreat
, ts3
Simeon,
prince
of
Moscow,
i.
86
Simon,
the
physician
Of
Dmitri,
i.
168
Sinclair,
a
Swedish
major,
i.
416;
mur-
dered,
117
Sinope,
destruction
of the
Turkish
licet
at,
ii.
U9,
111.
I 1:.
Sizeboli, port of,
captured,
ii.
844
Skarzynski,
General,
ii.
303
Skender
Beg, General,
ii.
452
Skrzynecki.
the
Polish
general,
ii.
358,
302;
defeats
the
Russians,
303
Slavery, domestic,
i.
150,
151
;
consoli-
dated
by
Gudunof,
165
Slaves,
Paul's
donations
of,
ii.
159,
n.
Slavonians
the
ancient inhabitants of
central
Russia,
i.
7
Smolensk
captured
by
the
Poles,
i. 211
Social reforms
by
Peter
I.,
i.
259
Societies,
secret,
in
Poland,
ii.
323;
distinguished
members
of,
ib-
;
in
Russia,
409
Solms,
Count,
the Russian
minister,
ii.
20
Soltikof,
Nicholas,
defeats the Prus-
sians,
i. 445
;
minister,
ii.
110
Soltyk,
General,
ii.
374
Sonanethes,
tribe of
the,
ii.
394
Sophia, Princess, aspires
to
the
throne,
i, 227,
230
;
her
death,
234
Sophia
Augusta
of
Prussia,
i.
433;
married to the
Grand-Duke Peter
of
Russia,
ib.
Sotof,
created Kniaz
Papa,
i.
338
Souktel,
General,
ii.
327
Sovereigns
of
Russia,
succession
of,
i.
479
Sowinski,
General,
death
of,
ii.
373
Stackelberg,
Count,
his wit and
pride,
ii.
129,
n.
Stanislaus
Scc/.insky
elected
king
of
Poland,
i.
277
Stanislaus,
king
of
Poland,
i.
409;
his
degraded
position,
ii.
90
Steinbach,
Count,
defeats
the Saxons
and
Danes,
i.
299;
made
prisoner,
302
Steinheil,
ii.
819
Stephen,
hospodar
of Yallaehia.
i.
107
S;
ei
i
iu,
negotiations
about,
i.
303
Stoffcln,
General,
ii.
50
Strandscha.
height
of,
ii.
339
Stradford dc
Redclill'e,
ii. II.",
Strelit/.,
creation
of
the,
i.
130;
rebel-
lion of
the.
227,
'-".2;
their
atrocities,
228,229;
their
submission,
232
;
their
n nellion and
extinction,
253
Sudjuk
Kaleh,
fortress
of,
ii.
400
Suliueh
mouth
of
the
Danube
opened
by force,
ii.
461
Sundermania,
iluko
of, opposed
to
Russia,
ii.
12s,
129
Superstition
of
the
Russians,
i.
150;
prevalence
of,
418
Suvarof,
general,
his
victory
over
the
Toll's,
ii.
(II;
his
massacres,
S7
;
his
military operations
against
the
Turks,
93;
bis
contests
with
the
Turks,
mi
<t.<utj.;
takes
Ismail
by
storm,
109;
defeats
the
Poles, 124,
125;
honours
conferred
upon,
125,
n.
;
dismissed
by Paul,
166;
his
campaign
in
Italy,
anddefeat
of
the
French,
17:;;
receives
the
title
of
"
Italienski."
171
;
his
complaints
against
Austria,
ib.