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26 Cards in this Set
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Ruirik
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Viking
First Leader |
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Ivan the Great
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Unite Princes,
First leader of united Russia after Mongols Refused to pay taxes Battle never happened His grandson is Ivan the Terrible |
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Ivan the Terrible
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Started Orichniki
First czar/tsar Bad childhood Cruel Built St. Basil's Church |
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Perter the Great
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WESTERNIZE RUSSIA!!!
War against sweedes and Trukey(Baltic and Black Sea) LIFE HARD FOR SERFS!!! |
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Catherine the Great
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Golden age of Nobility
German heritage Overthrew Husband Life hard for Serfs, Westernize Culture |
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Alexander II
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abolished serfs
killed by bomb (assasinated) **Sold Alaska** |
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Nicholas II
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Was unable to controll people during industrial revolution,
Responsible for bloody Sunday, Last of Romanovs (royal family) WWI |
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Slavs
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7th Century settled along Dnieper River
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Norsemen
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Vikings invade, lengend says "invited", called Rus (where Russia comes from)
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Constantinople
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Present day Turkish port, allowed trade with Europe
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Prince Vladimir of Kieve
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Brought Christianity
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Mongols
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Most infamouis invaders of Early Russia
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Genghis Khan
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Leader of Mongols during most invasions,
Covered most of Northern Asia |
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Results of Mongol invasion
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1. Many Russians died
2. Cities Burned 3. No democracy 4. Blocked contact with outside world a. Because of unfriendly neighbors b. Mongols discouraged outside communication |
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Princes of Moscow
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impowered by Mongols
Collect taxes Ruled Subregions Eventually overthrew Mongols (Ivan the Great was the leader of the overthrow) |
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Oprichniki
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Secret police
cencorship |
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Peter the Great
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won Baltic
St. Petersburg |
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Catherine the Great
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Fought for Black Sea
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Duma
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Parliment
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Abdicate
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give up the throne
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Elena the Beautiful
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princess
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Babay Yaga
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witch person, sometimes good, sometimes bad
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Taiga
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Forest
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St. Basil's Church
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Church, built by Ivan the Terrible
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Ural Mountains
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Divides Europe and Asia
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Sale of Alaska
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1867, Alexander II
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