1. Chapter 10 Section 3
Russia and
The Mongols

2. Chapter review
What did The steppes provide?
Why were cities such as Novgorod and Kiev were valuable? (because they were located along…)
The Nobles were called _______
veche, or ____ _____, to discuss important matters that affected the whole community
Who ordered the Kievans to become Christians?
Under the rule of Who? did the Byzantine Empire expanded to its largest size
his wife, Theodora. Under her advice Justinian gave women the right to ____ ________
In the East the most powerful religious leader was the _________ __ ____________

3. Attacks on Kiev
{Kievan Russia weakened because it did not create a central government}
Instead rulers gave the outlying towns to their sons to rule independently. These princes fought amongst themselves and with Kiev itself to expand their territory
In A.D and A.D groups of princes sacked Kiev
The Mongols took advantage of this and conquered or destroyed almost every city in Kievan Russia
{the Mongols remained relatively peaceful in exchange for heavy taxation}
The Mongols influenced Slavic society in many ways by building roads, improving on communication and language.

4. The Mongols

5. Kievan Russia and Its Neighbors
In the A.D. 1300’s Lithuania and Poland took territory away from K.R.
They formed a kingdom that was hostile to the eastern Slavs
{Poland and Russia were divided by conflicts over land & religion}
The Poles had been converted to western Christianity
The Slavs kept their Eastern Orthodox faith

6. The Rise of Moscow
During the early A.D. 1300’s Moscow, or Muscovy, became a major Russian city
Moscow leader, Prince Ivan I, achieved this by cooperating with the Mongols. In return the Mongols awarded him with the title of Great Prince
Around the same time the leader of the Orthodox Church moved to Moscow. This increased the city’s power even more

7. Continued….
From A.D to A.D Ivan III, also called Ivan the Great ruled Moscow
By this time Moscow had begun to be independent from the Mongols
By A.D Ivan III no longer acknowledged the Mongol khan as Moscow’s supreme ruler
Ivan III became the first ruler of the independent state called Russia
{Ivan III began the tradition of absolute monarchy in Russia}

8. Ivan the Great

9. Ivan the Terrible
Ivan IV considered himself to be the true heir of the Roman and Byzantine Empires
Thus, he took the name Czar, or Caesar.
He opened the territory of Siberia to Russian settlement
He had boyars arrested and attacked and destroyed the city of Novgorod
These puzzling and cruel actions earned him the title of Ivan the Terrible

10. Ivan the Terrible’s Death

11. The Growth of the Church
{the Orthodox Church in Russia grew more powerful by acquiring land} from donations from the faithful
{Moscow became the center of the Orthodox church after Constantinople was invaded by the Ottoman Turks}
With the fall of Constantinople, Russians proclaimed Moscow to be the “third Rome”
{Moscow called itself “third Rome” because this time it would bring the spiritual light of Christian orthodoxy to the whole world.}

12. Section review Why did Kievan Russia weaken?
The Mongols remained relatively peaceful in exchange for what?
Poland and Russia were divided by conflicts over ____ ___ ________
Ivan III began what tradition in Russia?
How did the Orthodox Church in Russia grow more powerful?
Moscow became the center of the Orthodox church after Constantinople was invaded by the _______ _____
Moscow called itself “_____ ____” because this time it would bring the spiritual light of Christian orthodoxy to the whole world.

13. Have a nice day!