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To rule over a country czar, king or queen
Reign
Payment of money or goods by person on the ruler to another country or ruler in exchange for protection
tribute
A person who belongs to an ethnic group or people that settled in Eastern Europe many years ago
Slav
East central fortress built to protect a Russian city
kremlin
A peasant who is not free, a person living on a federal state who was required to work for the lord of the manor
serf
Who insisted that orthodox Christianity became the official religion of Russia
Prince Vladimir
Christianity in early Russia came from
Byzantine empire
Who had to pay tribute to the Vikings
Slavs
Princess Olga was
First Russian woman to rule
A group of countries or territories under the control of one government ruler
Empire
Who considered freeing the serfs but did not
Catherine the great
Which ruler of Russia was born in Germany
Catherine the great
What was the class of land owning nobles in Russia called
boyars
The Vikings came to Russia from
Scandinavia
grassland plain
steppe
List three things associated with peter the great reign
(a) Travel in Europe
(b) westernization
(c) Conversion to the European calendar
Which city was called window on the west
Saint Petersburg
Who ordered the construction of the Moscow Kremlin
Peter the 3rd/great
Russian peasants who were forced to work the land are called?
Serfs
Which ruler forced many Russian men shave their beards
Peter the great
Which city was Russia’s first warm-water port on the Black Sea?
ODESSA
What three things did Cathrine the Great accomplish?
(a) building a warm-water port
(b) Free education for some Russian children
(c) Building roads and schools
which czar traveled through Europe to study European customs?
PETER THE GREAT
Ivan lll was the first…..
czar of a united Russia
Who ordered the building of St. Basil’s Cathedral
Ivan lV/ terrible