THE RISE OF RUSSIA

CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Mongol Domination ( )  Rise of Moscow (14 th -15 th c.)  Centralization & territorial growth  Building of autocracy under Tsars Batu Khan (grandson of Chengis) Tsar Ivan III “The Great” (r )

THE RISE OF RUSSIA CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Ivan IV “The Terrible” (r )  completed process of solidifying power & eliminating opposition  Time of Troubles ( )  No legitimate heir  Anarchy, rebellion, civil war

THE RISE OF RUSSIA CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Establishment of Romanov Dynasty (1613)  Boyars (nobles) elect new Tsar, Mikhail I (r )  Russia begins rise to international prominence  Tsar Alexei I (r ): increasing contact with West

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Peter ascends throne as sole ruler in 1698

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Transformation of Russian society  Westernization  Secularization  Modernization

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Transformation of Russian society  Westernization  Secularization  Modernization

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Military build-up  Created Russia’s first navy  Modernized military  Applied military principles in all areas

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Economic Reforms  Adopted MERCANTLISM: state direction of economy  Embarked on early industrialization  Included coercion & forced labor  Production geared to needs of military

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT  Political Reforms  Role of State to be all- encompasssing  All subjects to serve state  Complete overhaul of administration  Made Church state institution

THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT ( )  Methods of social control  Extensive police system  PASSPORT system  Church as champion of autocracy

THE RISE OF RUSSIA LEGACY OF PETER THE GREAT  Great achievements  Great cost (esp. human)  Great change for elites  Less change for masses