Ideas that have shaped Russia
is matty the goat
yes ser
the ocean that touches Russia's eastern border is the...?
Pacific Ocean
The religious culture of Russia came from this empire and civilization
The large fortress-palace built by Ivan the Great following the example of Byzantine art, which is still home to the Russian president (today, Vladimir Putin)
the Kremlin
Did Napoleon Bonaparte successfully conquer Russia?
No - the Grand Army of Russia successfully pushed the French out of Russia, despite losing thousands of Russian soldiers
Who was the last communist leader before ending communism in 1991?
Mikhail Gorbachev
The system that ruled Russia from 1917-1991 which believed in no private property, but owned in community; also this system opposed religion
Communism
This mountain range divides European Russia and Asian Russia
Ural Mountains
the ancient people of eastern Europe among the first to settle Russia; they were taken as slaves by the Romans and other invaders
Slavs / Slavic peoples
This Mongolian leader forced Russians to pay him tribute
Batu Khan
The enemy of Ivan the Terrible (grandson of Ivan the Great) were this group of people...?
The Boyars, powerful Russian nobles
the founder of communism in Russia was....?
Vladimir Lenin
From 1917-1991, Russia's approach to religion was this system, the belief that God doesn't exist
Atheism
the region of northern Asian Russia known for extremely cold and harsh weather
Siberia
The group of Vikings who first settled into Russia, known for their red hair
the "Rus"
This prince of Muscovy (region of Moscow) refused to pay tribute to the Mongols
Prince Dmitri (also spelled: Dimitry)
The founder of the royal family who would rule Russia from 1613 to 1917 was...?
Michael Romanov
From 1917-1991, Russia was known as ...?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The idea to make Russia more like the nations of Western Europe was called...?
Westernization
the largest and deepest freshwater lake in Russia
Lake Baykal
two Greek brothers that translated Christian scriptures into the Slavic language
(Saints) Cyril and Methodius
The landowning aristocrats that ruled Russia
Boyars
This Russian ruler, son of Tsar Alexis Romanov, tried to modernize Russia to become like the nations of Western Europe
Following the death of Vladimir Lenin, this ruler emerged as the head of the Soviet Communist Party from 1922-1953, killing thousands of enemies of communism, though he helped the Allies win in World War II.
Joseph Stalin
this group of people opposed the rule of the Romanov family in the 1800s, which eventually leads to the end of royal Romanov rule
Anarchists, believers in Anarchism
The new city build by Peter the Great, to be like the great cities of Western Europe was to be called...?
St Petersburg, which he called 'the Windown to the West'
the Russian leader who united the kingdoms of Rus, and made Kiev the capital, and became an Orthodox Christian, making Russia a Christian nation
Prince (St.) Vladimir
Ivan the Great
What were some of Catherine the Great's achievements? (FYI: Catherine the Great was married to the grandson of Peter the Great, named Peter III)
reduced punishments for crime
abolished torture
promoted schools and academies throughout Russia
brought the Russian Orthodox Church under her control
failure: increased serfdom and did little to help Russia's poor.
This described the cleansing or getting rid of, enemies of Stalin's communist government
Purges