1. Chapter 19 Section 2 Russia in the Age of Absolutism
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2. Isolation and a New Dynasty A. Culture
1. Mongol Rule
2. Eastern Orthodox-Religion
B. Geography
1. Landlocked
C. Michael Romanov- elected Czar by the Russian nat’l assembly.

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7. A. Peter’s Foreign Mission
II. Peter the Great ( )
A. Peter’s Foreign Mission
1. To end Russia’s landlock.
2. His plan was to defeat the Ottoman Turks to get a warm water port.
B. Westernizing Russia
1. Improved army.
2. Defeated the Swedes and gained access to the Baltic Sea.
3. Moved the Capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
4. Improved industry and politics.
a. “Service Nobility”- rank depends on performance-reward system.
1. Increased the # of serfs.

13. III. Catherine the Great
A. Catherine’s Policies
1. Weak domestic rule.
2. Foreign-Expanded to Black Sea and Asia.
B. Poland
1. Infighting & ethnic conflict made Poland weak
2. Russia, Prussia, and Austria all seized portions of Poland- 1st Partition of Poland.
3. 2nd and 3rd Partition wiped Poland off the map until 1919.
C. Expansion Eastward
1. Siberia
2. Alaska-Bering Strait