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Also under Catherine's reign, Russia colonized the Aleutian Islands with only some success.
也是在凱瑟琳的統(tǒng)治下，俄國部分地對阿留申群島進行了殖民
As soon as the fur trade started to die out, it became clear that these eastern colonies could not sustain themselves by farming.
當皮毛貿易走向衰落的時候，這些東方殖民地很明顯已經不能通過農耕實現自給自足
Moreover, under the Spanish and British rules,
更有甚者在西班牙和英國統(tǒng)治下
there was no great enthusiasm for letting the Russians have a piece of the American West.
人們并沒有熱切盼望俄國也能夠獲得一片向美國西部那樣的殖民地
Under Alexander the First, Finland was joined to the Russian Empire giving St. Petersburg more security.
在亞歷山大一世的統(tǒng)治下，芬蘭合并入俄羅斯這使得圣彼得堡的安全有了更多保障
To the south, Alexander annexed the country of Georgia, which was just the beginning of Russia's adventures in the Caucasus.
在南方，亞歷山大兼并了格魯吉亞，這只是俄國向高加索地區(qū)進軍的開始
Where would the Russia juggernaut stop?
俄國的世界霸權將止于何處呢
The other European powers' fears of a Pax Russica resulted in the Crimean War,
其他國家對俄國霸權的擔憂導致了克里米亞戰(zhàn)爭
which effectively ripped away the facade of Russia's invincible military.
結果摧毀了俄國戰(zhàn)無不勝的軍事力量
2. Serfs up! Catherine's reign saw the last great peasant uprising, the Pugachov Rebellion of 1773 and 1774.
2.農奴起義！自凱瑟琳統(tǒng)治以來，農奴見證了最后一場大規(guī)模的農民起義——那就是1773年和1774年的普加喬夫起義
Catherine's police and he army developed techniques of nipping these serf uprising in the bud.
凱瑟琳的軍隊和警察逐漸有了把起義扼殺于萌芽狀態(tài)的能力
Outbreaks of peasant violence would continue; some would be very fierce.
農民起義本可以繼續(xù)，有的甚至可以達到相當激烈的程度
But after Catherine's reign, they were basically isolated and sporadic until the Revolution of 1905.
但在凱瑟琳之后，他們基本被隔離開來都是零星起義，直到1905年的革命
