Russia Vocabulary
a payment of money or goods by a people or their ruler to another country or ruler in exchange for protection
What is a tribute?
These people came to Russia from Scandinavia.
Who were the Vikings.
This woman ruler of Russia was born in Germany
Who was Catherine the Great?
The empire that introduced Christianity to early Russia.
What was the Byzantine Empire?
the class of landowning nobles in Russia
What were the boyars?
a grassland or plain
What is a steppe?
He insisted that Orthodox Christianity become the official religion of Russia
Who was Prince Vladimir?
The first woman ruler of Russia
Who was Princess Olga?
a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler
What is an empire?
The first Czar of unified Russia.
Who was Ivan III/Ivan the Great?
. from the word “Caesar,” the title of an emperor of Russia before 1917; sometimes spelled tsar
What is a Czar?
These people had to pay tribute to the Vikings.
Who were the Slavs?
This woman took the throne after the deaths of both her brothers.
Who was Sophia?
This type of vegetation is the largest in Russia.
What is taiga?
He ordered the construction of the Moscow Kremlin.
Who was Ivan III/Ivan the Great?
. a peasant who is not free; a person living on a feudal estate who was required to work for the lord of the manor
What is a serf?
He ordered the building of St. Basil’s Cathedral
Who was Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible?
She considered freeing the serfs but did not.
Who was Catherine the Great?
This type of vegetation is the furthest north in Russia?
What is tundra?
This city was called “Window on the West”
What is St. Petersburg?
to rule over a country as its czar, king, or queen
What is to reign?
This czar traveled through Europe to study European customs and later forced many Russian men to shave their beards.
Who was Peter the Great?
This is the reason that Catherine the Great did not free the serfs.
What is fear that her country would become weakened?
This is what Catherine the Great did in Alaska.
What is set up a fur trading colony?
This city was Russia’s first warm-water port on the Black Sea.
What is Odessa?