Russia Yeah, its really cold
Russia’s Time Zones
From Muscovy to Russia Fringe of Europe Viking descent Russian Orthodox Church Mongols ruled since the 13th Century
Russia Ivan III: the Great threw out the Mongols in 1462 and married the niece of the last Byzantine emperor. Tsar
Ivan the Great (r. 1462-1505) Ivan III Tearing the Great Khan’s Letter Requesting More Tribute in 1480.
Vasiliy III 1505-1533
Ivan IV: the Terrible 1533-1584 Came to the throne at 3 The Boyars 16 crowns himself Tsar
Ivan IV The Terrible
Good Period: 1547-1560 Marries Anastasia Romanov Extended the Russia Empire Built schools, churches, and hospitals
Russia in the Late 1500s
Bad Period: 1560-1584 Secret police Killed thousands Killed his heir in 1581 Built St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
Time of Troubles 1584-1613 Michael Romanov Romanovs rule until 1917
Peter the Great (r. 1682-1725)
Peter I: The Great Born in 1672- shared power with brother and sister Comes to the throne at 10 Takes the throne in 1589/ 1696 1696-1697 visits the West
Execution of the Streltsy
Westernization Dress and appearance Church control Broke noble power: Colleges and Table of Ranks Armed forces Women’s rights Potatoes
Peter Cuts the Beards of His Boyars
Corruption Civic Duty- Table of Ranks “ This is as if a servant, seeing his master drowning, would not save him until he had satisfied himself as to whether it was written down in his contract that he should pull him out of the water!”
Bad Side Crude and violent Killed his son and heir Alexis
St. Petersburg “Window to the West” Fought Sweden for 21 years 1703-1724 100,000 dead Capital 1704-1917 Peterhof
Russia & Sweden After the Great Northern War
Battle of Poltava (1709)
Russia Under Peter I
Legacy Made Russia a world power Left the throne to his second wife Catherine I