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Where did early Russian civilization begin?
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Kiev
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It's now in the Ukraine.
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What is the name for the Viking groups that settled and mingled with the Russian Slavs?
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Varangians.
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Sounds like Star Trek Farengis
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What Prince adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantines?
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Prince Vladimir.
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Prince Vladimir's grandmother and regent of Kiev, who converted to Christianity in Constantinople.
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Olga.
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The alphabet of Russia, based on Greek letters designed by Orthodox monks Cyril and Methodius.
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Cyrillic.
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Shapes of the tops of Russian cathedrals like St. Sophia's
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Onion domes.
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Name for the Orthodox Church's split with the Catholic Church in 1054.
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the Schism.
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arguments over images and icons, the pope's authority, etc. led to this.
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Who wrote down Kievan Rus' first laws?
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Yaroslav the Wise.
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This group, known as the Tatars or Golden Horde, destroyed Kiev Rus and ruled Russians as part of their huge Asian Empire.
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The Mongols.
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Gehghis Khan was one.
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The Russian Orthodox Church reestablished their church's power in this Russian city where the princes rose after the destruction of Kiev.
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Moscow.
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This leader annexed Novgorod and extended Russian territory northward.
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Ivan the Great.
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This leader was known for his cruelty, annexation of Siberia, enslaving of peasants and use of oprichnina to terrorize his people.
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Ivan the Terrible.
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Killed his own son.
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Ivan the Terrible confiscated the lands of these nobles.
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Who are the boyars?
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Chef Boy R Dee
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The council consulted in times of trouble.
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Zemskii Sobor.
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The Zemskii Sobor elects him as the first Romonov czar.
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Michael Romanov (1613-1645)
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This man created a modern Russian army and navy, brought back experts from the West, and subjugated the Church and those who opposed him. He built a city with access to the Baltic Sea after war with Sweden.
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Czar Peter the Great.
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This German born czarina was a reader of Enlightenment works. She wrote to some of the greatest minds in Western Europe, including Voltaire. She expanded Russian territory southward to the Black Sea.
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Catherine the Great.
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She tried to westernize but was too autocratic.
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This Czar began as a liberal but ended autocratically.
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Alexander I.
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19th century.
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This czar behaved autocratically and despotically and crushed the Decembrist Revolution of 1825.
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Nicholas I.
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This czar abolished serfdom but failed to grant them any serious rights. He was assassinated by extremists.
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1855-1881 Alexander II.
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This czar was harsh after his father's assassination but led early industrial and capitalist enterprises. (1881-94)
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Alexander III
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He lived away from St. Petersburg in a fortress like home for he feared assassination.
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The last czar was a good family man, but ruled autocratically, reversing reforms he granted in 1905 and 1917. He led Russia into World War I. He was executed with his family in 1918.
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Nicholas II.
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Overthrown by the Bolsheviks.
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The meaning of "Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationalism", the Romanov motto.
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Orthodoxy: czar is head of church and state.
Autocracy: czar is an absolute monarch. Nationalism: repress minorities, promote Russian culture, language, traditions. |
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The word for persecution of the Jews living in Russia in the 1880s.
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pogroms.
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sounds like programs and is anti-semitic. why many Russian Jews moved to America.
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