1. Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Early
Russian
History
Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY

2. Russia Today

3. Former Soviet Region Compared in Latitude & Area with the United States

4. Russia’s Time Zones

5. Topography of Russia

6. Rich Soil of the Steppes
Chernozen Soil

7. Siberia  “Permafrost”
Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C
150,000,000 population.
A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.

8. Themes in Russian History
Expansion by conquest.
Need for warm-water ports.
The necessity of a strong, central government.

9. Early Russia

10. Early Byzantine Influences: Orthodox Christianity

11. Early Byzantine Influences: Orthodox Christianity

12. Early Byzantine Influences: Cyrillic Alphabet

13. Novgorod

14. Russian Boyars

15. Russian Expansion

16. Battle on the Ice (Neva River) Against the Swedes
Alexander Nevsky:
Battle on the Ice (Neva River) Against the Swedes
Teutonic Knight

17. The Mongols Invade Russia

18. Ivan the Great (r )
Ivan III Tearing the Great Khan’s Letter Requesting More Tribute in 1480.

19. The Rise of Russia

20. Ivan “The Terrible” (r. 1533-1584)
Russia in the Late 1500s
Ivan “The Terrible” (r )

21. Michael Romanov (r. 1613-1645) The Romanov dynasty is established.
The only Russian royal family  lasted for 304 years!

22. Romanov Dynasty ( )
Romanov Family Crest

23. Romanov Dynasty ( )

24. The Pendulum of Russian History
Pro-West For Progress & Change Encourage New Ideas, Technologies, etc.
Anti-West Isolationist Xenophobic Ultra-Conservative
A few Tsars
Intellectual elites
Merchants/businessmen
Young members of the middle class.
Most Tsars
Russian Orthodox Church
Military
Boyars
peasants
REFORM-MINDED LEADER
DEMAGOGUE

25. Peter the Great (r )

26. Peter Cuts the Beards of His Boyars

27. Execution of the Streltsy

28. Battle of Poltava (1709)

29. Russia & Sweden After the Great Northern War

30. Russia Under Peter I