Talk:Foreign policy of the Russian Empire

Thanks
Thank you for creating a very useful article. However please be careful with slick wording at the expense of accuracy, which gives the article an essayish appearance in some places. I understand it is a huge undertaking and believe that eventually everything will be polished out. Staszek Lem (talk) 02:29, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

House of Brandenburg

 * The most famous example came when in 1762 ,during the Seven Years' War, Empress Elizabeth had almost destroyed Frederick the Great of the Kingdom of Prussia and then she suddenly died; the new tsar Peter III was a friend of Frederick, who unexpectedly survived. He called it the Miracle of the House of Brandenburg.

IMO this episode does not belong to the lede of such a general article. Not to say it is presented incorrectly. Staszek Lem (talk) 23:58, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

In general, the flow of the lede is not completely logical. I hope it will be rewritten when the article was complete. The lede must be a summary of the article content, which is not exactly so now. Staszek Lem (talk) 00:03, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * the result of the death of Elizabeth is a very famous event in European history, Here it is used to explain the central importance of the tsar, which is a broad theme that belongs in the lede. Rjensen (talk) 02:43, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
 * The lede is not used to "explain" anything. The lede is a summary. All explanations belong to the article body. And while we are at it, the "central importance of tsar" belongs to the article "tsarist autocracy". Please expand the latter article with the issue of importance of tsar, including this example, where it indeed will be an important addition. (and BTW please fix the text I cited, after reading, e.g., Miracle of the House of Brandenburg, or, better, original reliable sources; I could have done it myself, but I am of limited expertise) Staszek Lem (talk) 19:01, 23 September 2016 (UTC)