1. 1. Finish Chernobyl film and complete flim questions—turn it in. 2.
3/7/17 LT: I can explain Russian History Friday LT: I can explain what happened at Chernobyl
TODAY:
1. Finish Chernobyl film and complete flim questions—turn it in. 2.
Complete Geo Activity over Cherynobyl and copy Russian History notes.

3. Russian History - Before Communism
988
Grand Prince Vladimir converts Russia to Christianity
Mongol Invasion- Asian invaders from Mongolia led by
Genghis Khan - Mongols occupy and rule Russia for more than 200 years
Fear of attack from Mongols runs deep in Russian mentality. Russia is a vast land, unprotected by natural barriers.

4. 1547
Ivan the Terrible
first Russian ruler to take the title “czar” (king).
torture and terror are used to remove internal opponents of his absolute rule
creates the country’s first secret police
Russia suffers from internal disorder and outside invasions
1613 Romanov dynasty begins
- dynasty that would last until 1917 when the
Bolshevik / Russian Revolution takes place

5. 1682 - Peter the Great 1762 Catherine the Great
She isn’t Russian (German) and isn’t named Catherine ( Sophia Augusta Fredrica )
Russians forgot that she was a total outsider with no rights to the crown
Catherine had husband Peter the Great, deposed and herself named Empress of Russia.

6.
Every member of the society spies on each other, and is obliged to inform against them
Literary and musical golden age
Tolstoy (writer) ‘WAR AND PEACE’ and composers like Tchaikovsky flourish

7. 1855 Czar Alexander II
Institutes many democratic reforms and frees the surfs (slaves) in 1861 (before Lincoln frees the slaves – 1865). He is assassinated in 1881.
1881
Czar Alexander III
Hangs the terrorists responsible for the assassination of his father, and repeals many of his father’s reforms.

8. 1894
Czar Nicholas II
The last of the Czars. His wife (Alexandra) is influenced by an illiterate “holy man” named Rasputin
RASPUTIN CONVINCED ALEXANDRA THAT HE WAS ABLE TO CURE HEMOPHELIA (BLOOD DISORDER – LACK OF CLOTTING ) AND STOP HER SON FROM BLEEDING TO DEATH.
Nicholas abdicates (gives up power) in March 1917… he is executed, along with his entire family.

9. 1914 – 1918
THE FIRST WORLD WAR
--(WW I - THE GREAT WAR)
World War I begins --Germany declares war on Russia
October 1917
the Bolshevik Revolution begins