1. THE RISE OF RUSSIA

2. CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Mongol Domination (1240-1480)  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. 1462-1505)

3. THE RISE OF RUSSIA CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Ivan IV “The Terrible” (r. 1530-1584)  completed process of solidifying power & eliminating opposition  Time of Troubles (1584-1613)  No legitimate heir  Anarchy, rebellion, civil war

4. THE RISE OF RUSSIA CONSOLIDATION OF THE STATE  Establishment of Romanov Dynasty (1613)  Boyars (nobles) elect new Tsar, Mikhail I (r. 1613-1645)  Russia begins rise to international prominence  Tsar Alexei I (r. 1645-1678): increasing contact with West

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

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

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. THE RISE OF RUSSIA RUSSIA UNDER PETER THE GREAT (1689-1725)  Methods of social control  Extensive police system  PASSPORT system  Church as champion of autocracy

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