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8 Cards in this Set
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Ivan III |
Warded off Tartar (Mongol) control and made Russia an indepentent state. Claimed decent from Rurik. |
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Ivan the terrible |
Expanded Russia's lands even further |
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Cossacks |
Peasents recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particurally in the South. |
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Boyars |
Powerful landlords in Russia |
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The Time of Troubles |
The period following Ivan the Terrible's death, in which nobels competed for power and Russia suffered from Sweedish and Polish attacks. Didn't really affect the Tsar's power |
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Romanov dynasty |
A dynasty that arose out of the Time of Troubles that would rule Russia until the revolution of 1917. |
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Peter the Great |
Expanded Russian territory and did many reforms to westernise Russia. |
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Cathrine the Great |
Russian tsar that further westernized Russia and supported the aristocracy. |
