1. The Rise of Russia

2. Geography Cold Surrounded by water but……no warm water port for trading
Forest
Grasslands

4. People
Mix of Slavic tribes and Vikings

5. City of Kiev
1st major city
Present day Ukraine

6. Vladimir Converted Russian people to Christianity
Linked emperor with religion
Influenced by Byzantine Empire
Common trade routes

7. Begin Contact with Byzantine
Orthodox Christianity
Cyrillic Alphabet

8. Mongols invade
Between the Crusades and Mongols, Kievan Empire declined
Kiev destroyed in 1240
Mongols isolated Russians
from Europe

10. Ivan III Russian Prince Freed Russians from Mongol rule in 1480
Crowned himself “Czar”
Proclaimed Russia would be 3rd Rome
Moved to Moscow

11. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
1533
–Good Ivan
Bad Ivan
Execution of traitors/enemies of boyers (nobles)
Secret police

12. Was Ivan terrible?
In 1581, Ivan beat his pregnant daughter-in-law for wearing immodest clothing, which may have caused a miscarriage. His son, also named Ivan , upon learning of this, engaged in a heated argument with his father, which resulted in Ivan striking his son in the head with his pointed staff, causing his son's (accidental) death.

13. Killed son
Accused of poisoning wife
Younger son took thrown at death and died without an heir

14. Romanov Dynasty
After years of quarrel, boyars chose next leader, Michael Romanov beginning Romanov dynasty
Restored power to government

15. Isolation
Mongol Rule and religious differences had kept Russia from interaction with Europe. (missed Renaissance and Age of Exploration)
No Seaport for trade
Russians looked to Constantinople for guidance, not Rome

16. Peter the Great- Absolute Monarch
6’6
Prior to becoming czar at 24, Peter went and studied in the “west” as a commoner
Decided it was best to westernize Russia
Russia needed warm water port to trade

17. Westernization by Peter
Reduced power of great landowners
Introduced potatoes
Western clothes and fashions
Beard Tax
Advanced schools (stressed education)
Increased women status
Newspaper
Fought Sweden for warm water port

18. St. Petersburg
Peter’s “window to the west”
New capital of Russia