World Cultures Russia Part 1
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- Westernization
- the adoption of Western Ideas, customs, technology, philosophy, etc.
- Peter the Great
- The most successful Czar. He ruled together with his brother Ivan. He traveled the world studying from advanced countries
- Taiga
- Enviromental Reigon with very infertile land. Defined by coniferous trees.
- Teutonic Knights
- 12th century Polish threat to Russia. They came from the West and tried to take over Russia
- Moscow
- The capitol city of Russia after kiev ~~important city~~
- Ivan the Great
- 1480 Stops paying tribute to the Mongols
- Serfs
- These people were the lowest of the low, and were tied to the land.
- Permafrost
- Ground is frozen solid year round.
- Vladimir I
- 980 AD Successor of Rurik, went to Constantinople and met with the emperor. He got land for converting Russia to Christianity
- Boris Gudnov
- This person created Russian Serfdism, which is like Ottoman Fundamentalism.
- Kiev and Novgorod
- 500 AD these cities were key. They had many Slavic roots.
- Lake Baikal
- Lake in South-East Russia.
- Golden Horde
- Mongols, 12 century threat to Russia. Very brutal. Came in from the East. They forced Russia to pay tribute.
- Siberia
- Cold, tundra reigon in the northern part of Russia
- Steppe
- Farmable land in Russia
- Rurik
- First king of Russia, came form the varingians so Novgorod and Kiev wouldn't fight,
- Ural Mountains
- Mountains in South-East Russia that divide the Euorpean portion of Russia from the Asian portion
- Ivan the Terrible
- This Czar killed off the nobility so he wouldn't have to share his power. He created the Oprichnina.
- Romanovs
- the last royal family
- Michael Romanov
- the first of the romanovs.
- Oprichnina
- secret police under Ivan the Terrible
- St Petersburg
- Capitol city created by Peter the Great to resemble a French city. It was built on land taken from Sweeden
- Tundra
- Enviromental reigon found all along northern Russia. It's defined by permafrost
- Rus
- Rurik's nickname that came to the land being called Russia.
- The Great Schism
- 1054 AD Christianity split into two parts: Orthodox Christianity and Chatholic Christianity
- Slavs
- Ancient cultures from around 500 AD that came to Northern Russia. Many lived in Novgorod and Kiev
- boyars
- Russian nobility (land owners) They helped czars rule
- Russian Orthodoxy
- The branch of Christianity Russia adopted after the Great Schism
- Polar Climate
- a very cold climate with permafrost.