Imperial Russia 1

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Great Plains and Steppe

Part of Southern Russia
Bordering where the Greeks, Romans, and Byz

System of River Roads

The amount of rivers that flow through Russia and to different parts of the continent
Ural Mountains
- Mountain range that splits the continent in two: the European side and the Asian side
Rurik
- First known leader of the Rus'
- Name may indicate a Viking influence
- Set up first capital in Kiev
"From the Varangians to the Greeks"
- North-south 'road' that leads “from the Scandinavian, Baltic, and Russian north of Europe to Constantinople”
- Vladimir I (980-1015)
  
  Vladmir the Christianizer
  Chose between Islam, Judaism, Catholicism, and Orthodoxy
  Chose Orthodoxy to improve relations with nearby Xtian states and the ability to choose their own leader
  Catholicism had to bow to the Pope<
  
  Yaroslav the Wise (1019-1054)
  
  Killed his brothers off to attain control of Kiev
  Defeated the Pechenegs
  Maintained relationships with nearby states by marrying off his relations
  Started compiling a language (Cyrillic)
  Designed an appanage system
  
  Appanage or Udel in Russia
  
  A system of dividing Russia into smaller princedoms to avoid infighting
  Yaroslav would appoint the princes, then as they died off, allowed their offspring or near relatives to take over
  Started to break down because Yaroslav was ou
  
  Mongol Invasion and Conquest (1237-1242)
  
  After conquering China, they went west to conquer the European nations
  Arrived around 1237
  Mongol leader Batu stopped only before France because the Golden Horde's leader had died
  Set up Khanates that would serve as out
  
  Crimean Khanate
  
  Mongol outpost on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea
  Where the locals mingled and intermarried with the Mongols
  
  Astrakhan Khanate
  
  Mongol outpost at the mouth of the Volga river
  Conquered by Ivan the Terrible
  Used the Volga river for trades with the Asian countries
  
  Kazan Khanate
  
  Mongol outpost in the Ural mountains
  Annexed by Ivan the Terrible
  
  Siberian Khanate
  
  Mongol outpost north of Russia
  Later invaded by the Russians
  The people were eventually assimilated into the Russians
  
  European Renaissance
  
  Partially because of the Mongol conquest, Russia did not participate
  May have been stunted by a few hundred years
  
  Alexander Nevskii and the "Battle on the Ice"
  
  Prince Alexander of Novgorod
  Lead his army to fight German and Fini
  
  Boyar Duma
  
  A group of boyars that serve as a “council,” or sounding board, for the tsar.
  
  Cultural influence of Byzantium
  
  Highly influenced their religious and cultural setting.
  Brought mos
  
  Ivan I (1328-1340)
  
  Ivan Kalita: “John the Moneybag.”
  Increased the
  
  Basil I (1389-1425)
  
  Attacked the Volga Bulgars around 1400 and captured Great Bulgar and other towns. Treatied with Lithuania in 1408 to avoid further deadlocked, war-like struggles for land,
  
  Council of Florence 1439
  
  “The Greek clergy signed an abortive agreement with Rome, recognizing papal supremacy”--uniting the churches to fight the Muslim Turks that are attempting to tak
  
  The Third Rome
  
  Around 1054, the Catholics and Orthodox split, and Byzantine was taken over by the Turks, who were Muslim.
  
  Dmitrii "Donskoi" (1359-1389)
  
  The 9-year-old son of Ivan the Meek who inherited the throne.
  
  Ivan III (1462-1505)
  
  Ivan the Great. End of appanage and beginning of Muscovite Russia.
  
  Khan Ahmed
  
  Brought Mongol forces to fight the rebellious Russians, while trying to get alliances with Lithuania and Poland which failed.
  
  Casimir IV of Lithuania and Poland
  
  Tver asked Casimir IV of Lithuania for help when Ivan III was trying to gather all former territories of Russia together.
  
  Battle of the Ugra River (1480)
  
  The united Russian forces, under Ivan III, met the Mongols at the Ugra River.
  
  Union of Lublin 1569
  
  It merged Poland and Lithuania into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where they would have “a common sovereign and a common diet, although they retained separate la
  
  Chosen Council
  
  A small council of people hand-picked by Ivan IV for their different backgrounds and opinions, including Sylvester, a monk, and Alexy Adashev and Ivan Viskovaty, both well-t
  
  Zemskii Sobor
  
  Assembly of the landed. Titled estate holders now had some input on Ivan's decisions.
  
  Council of Hundred Chapters 1557
  
  Created by Ivan the Terrible to curb the church's power.
  
  Sudebnik of 1550
  
  First written law code, established by Ivan the Terrible.
  It
  
  Crimean Tatars
  
  People who accepted, mingled, and intermarried with the invading Mongols.
  
  Livovian War (1558-1583)
  
  Ivan headed towards the west so Russia could acquire the Baltic Port.
  
  Feodor (Theodore) I (1584-1598)
  
  Child of Ivan IV from his second wife, Kucheny.
  Was very wea
  
  Time of Troubles (1598-1613)
  
  Feodor produced no heir, so there was no natural heir to the throne.
  
  Boris Godunov (1598-1605)
  
  Feodor's regent, from a Mongol gentry family, and brother-in-law to Feodor.
  
  Basil Shuisky (1606-1610)
  
  Investigated the death of Dmitrii. He originally claimed it was an accident—that the boy had slit his throat while playing with a knife before an epileptic seizure. <
  
  The Felon of Tushino/False Dmitrii II
  
  False Dmitrii II knew he was an impostor and made claims for the throne that Basil held for a short amount of time.
  
  Sigismund III
  
  King of Poland.
  Allowed the Tushino's Russian gentry'
  
  Michael Romanov (1613-1645)
  
  Metropolitan Philaret's son.
  A specially called zemskii
  
  Peace of Deulino (1618)
  
  Poland was able to keep Smolensk and “other gains in western Russia,” but would release Russia prisoners, including Michael Romanov's father, Philaret.
  
  Alexis Romanov (1645-1676)
  
  Son of Michael Romanov, succeeded him as tsar at 16.
  Dealt l
  
  Ulozhenie of 1649
  
  New legal code
  First systemization of Muscovite laws since 1
  
  Bogdan Khmelnitsky
  
  Leader of the Ukrainians.
  He lead the Ukrainians to push the
  
  War of Ukrainian Liberation (1648)
  
  Ukraine was under rule of Poland.
  Groups of cossacks, or sic
  
  Union of Pereslavl (1652)
  
  An assembly of Cossack Ukrainians decided that they would accept the authority and protection of Moscow.
  
  Patriarch Nikon
  
  Promoted by Alexis to Great Sovereign, though he held more Catholic ideals of the church being more powerful than the state.
  
  Raskol (church schism)
  
  There were a few mistranslations in some Muscovite religious texts and rituals, and occasionally a member of the clergy would bring up correcting and revising them.
  
  Treaty of Andrusovo (1667)
  
  Long-lasting treaty that ended the Thirteen Years War between Russia and Poland.
  
  Sophia Miloslavskaya
  
  Her mother was the first woman married to Tsar Alexis.
  She h
  
  Treaty of Eternal Peace (1686)
  
  Prince Basil Golitsyn helped to settle differences between Russia and Poland
  
  Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)
  
  Peace settlement between Russia and China.
  It allowed Russia
  
  Capture of Azov in Turkish War (1696)
  
  Because the first campaign against Azov failed, Peter the Great urged his men to build a better fleet, using his knowledge gained by traveling to foreign experts on navy and
  
  Grand Embassy (1696-98)
  
  Peter the Great went on a trip to western nations after the Capture of Azov to gain more knowledge so he can continue to win battles.
  
  Treaty of Constantinople (1700)
  
  An agreement with the Turks that ended the Russo-Turkish war.
  
  "Window into Europe"
  
  Russia acquired part of the Baltic, which allowed it a “window into Europe,” where it could become directly involved with European affairs.
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  Battle of Narva (1700)
  
  The Swedish king sent a large army to fight the Russian army that was besieging the fortress of Narva.
  
  Battle of Lesnaia (1708)
  
  The Swedish king rested his army in Ukraine, though that king had secretly turned against Sweden.
  
  Battle of Poltava (1709)
  
  The Swedish army was attacking a small fortress, Poltava, and the Russians, lead by Peter the Great himself, came to defend it.
  
  Conrad Bulavin
  
  Lead a social uprising of the Don Cossacks, “provoked by the government's determination to hunt down fugitives and... by the Old Belief.”
  
  Bashkir Uprising (1705-1711)
  
  A monk and a member of the streltsy started a successful uprising in Astrakhan against the upper classes and Peter's foreign influences.
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  Treaty of Nystadt (1721)
  
  After defeating Poland, Russia acquired Livonia, Estonia, Ingermanland, and certain islands
  
  Academy of Sciences (1725)
  
  Meant to “develop, guide, and crown learning in Russia,” after Peter the Great's death.
  
  Supreme Secret Council
  
  Created by Catherine I to “deal with matters of exceptional significance.”
  
  Peter II
  
  Catherine I's son.
  He was almost 12 when he became emper
  
  Ernst Johan Biron
  
  Anne's Courland lover who “became the most hated figure and symbol of the reign.”
  
  Treaty of Belgrade (1739)
  
  Ended the Austrian-Turkish war, that Russia was invited into.
  
  Treaty of Abo (1743)
  
  Sweden attacked Russia to acquire more territories, but lost.

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