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17th-century Moscow

Type Object Region Eastern Europe Time 1601–1700

17th-century Moscow, capital of the Romanov dynasty, had about 200,000 people in the 1640s, laid out in concentric rings of Kremlin, White City, and …

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  1. 1613–1640Moscow · MoscowAfter the Romanov dynasty was established, Moscow recovered from turmoil; the Kremlin and church buildings were extensively repaired, the population rebounded, and it again became the residence of the tsar's court and the patriarch of all Russia.
  2. c. 1641–1650Moscow · MoscowIn the 1640s Moscow's population was about 200,000, one of Europe's largest cities at the time; the White City and Kitay-gorod rings accommodated noble estates, guild districts, and Streltsy garrison quarters, while Red Square and the Kremlin formed the political and religious core, with commerce and crafts flourishing.
  3. 1648–1649Around Red Square, Moscow · MoscowThe salt tax riots broke out in Moscow in 1648, with townspeople and Streltsy storming the Kremlin and forcing the tsar to concede; thereafter the 1649 all-Russian council code was promulgated in Moscow, reflecting the tense interaction between urban popular power and centralization.

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