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Were there any periods in our common history
when both countries were enemies?
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16th – 17th century
Kingdom of England and Tsardom
of Russia established relations in 1553
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In 1697–1698 during the Grand Embassy of Peter
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On invitation of William III, Peter and part
of the mission also went to England in January 1698, where the tsar visited Gilbert Burnet and Edmond Halley in the Royal Observatory, the Royal Mint, the Royal Society, the University of Oxford, and several shipyards and artillery plants.
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18th century
Shipbuilders such as Cozens and Nye,
engineers such as Perry, Lane and Upton, and a
host of naval officers, including the Admiral Greig, made an enormous contribution to the development of the Russian navy.
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War of the Austrian Succession (1740—1748)
The war ended
with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748, by which
Maria Theresa was confirmed as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, but Prussia retained control of Silesia.
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Seven Years’ War (1756–63)
The Seven Years’ War involved
overseas colonial struggles between Great Britain and France.
Treaty
of Saint Petersburg (1762)
Treaty of Hamburg (1762)
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty of Hubertusburg (1763)
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18th century
The Indian March of Paul
The Indian March
of Paul was a secret project of a planned
allied Russo-French expedition against the British dominions in India.
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Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
19th century
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
Tsar Alexander I
of Russia signed a disadvantageous peace treaty, known as
the Treaty of Tilsit.
Naval battles in the Baltic Sea as part of the Finnish War.
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Crimean War (1853—1856)
Crimean War fought by Britain,
France, and the Ottomans against Russia.
The Crimean War was
one of the first conflicts to use modern technologies such as explosive naval shells, railways and telegraphs.
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Boxer Rebellion (1899—1901)
The Boxer movement spread to the
Beijing area, where the Boxers killed Chinese Christians and
Christian missionaries and destroyed churches.
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20th century
The Triple Entente was the alliance
linking the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The Triple Entente entered it as Allies against the Central Powers Germany and Austria-Hungary.
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United Kingdom—Soviet Union relations
In 1921 the Anglo-Soviet Trade
Agreement was concluded between the two countries.
In1924 Relations
between then and the Second World War were tense, typified by the Zinoviev letter incident.
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Soviet-UK agreement against Germany
The Anglo-Soviet Agreement was
signed by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union
against Germany on July 12, 1941.
Refrainment from hostile actions and/or undertakings against the other party
Removal of trade and economic blockades existing between the two aforementioned countries.
Each respective country may nominate a number of its nationals to ensure proper effect be given to the Agreement.
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21st century
After the collapse of the USSR,
relations between Britain and the Russian Federation were initially
warm. In the 21st century, however, while trade and human ties have proliferated, diplomatic ties have suffered due to allegations of spying, and extradition disputes.