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Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1462
Much of Russia was freed from Mongol (Tartar) control by Ivan III (Ivan the Great), who was the first to be called tsar
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1480
1) Moscow was freed from all payments to the Mongols
2) Russian Expansion pressed south
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1533- 1584
1) Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) came into power and placed great emphasis on controling the tsarist autocracy
2) Ivan IV killed many of the Russian boyars (Nobles) because he suspected them of conspiracy
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1552- 1556
1) Russia continues to expand toward central Asia with thoughts of pressing back former Mongol overlords
2)Cossaks (Russian pioneers) moved into western Siberia
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1604- 1613
Time of Troubles
1)Ivan IV died without naming a sucessor leading new power claims by the boyers
2)Sweden and Poland began to attack Russian terrirory
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1613- 1917
1) An assembly of boyars chose a member of the Romanov family to be tsar.
2)The Romanov dynasty lasted until 1917
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1637
Russia Poineered to the Pacific
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1649
A law was enacted making serfdom hereditary
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1689-1725
Peter the Great came into power and led the first westernization effort in Russias history
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shrinks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1700- 1721
Russia fell into a series of wars with Sweden
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shriks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1703
Peter the Great moved the Capital of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shriks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1762- 1796
Catherine the Great
1) Was a German Princess
2) Stole the throne from her retarted husband (Peter III) and declared herself Empress
3) Supported and expanded on serfdom
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shriks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1733- 1775
Pugachev revolt was a peasant uprising (led by Emelian Pugachev) that Catherine the Great repressed
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shriks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1772, 1793, 1795
The Partitions of Poland eliminated Poland as as independent state
Chapter 18: The Rise of Russia
Part IV: The World Shriks 1450 C.E.- 1750 C.E.

1785
The law enacted tightening of landlord power over serfs