Russian Culture
The absolute monarchs of Russia
Czar
Peter the Great made this city is capital
A colorless and strong liquor
Vodka
Catherine was born to a noble family in this place
Prussia (Germany)
Composer of "Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker"
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Alexander II abolished this
Serfdom
Tsushima
This form of Christianity is practiced in Russia
Eastern Orthodoxy
Peter the Great put a tax on these
Beards
A large, hairy elephant
Mammoth
Catherine became empress in this way
Overthrew her husband (Peter III)
The first man in space
Yuri Gagarin
Alexander II sold this to the United States
Alaska
Protests demanded government reforms, including a constitution and civil rights
Revolution of 1905
The landed nobility of Eastern Europe
Boyars
The Grand Embassy was Peter the Great's tour of this
Western Europe
A tribal priest that experiences spiritual visions
Shaman
Catherine the Great is remember as this kind of ruler
Enlightened Despot
Science fiction writer known for his "Three Laws of Robotics"
Isaac Asimov
Ideology during Alexander II's reign that opposed all traditional forms of authority
Nihilism (nothing-ism)
This event brought an end to Romanov rule in Russia
World War I
Early Christian teachers that are important spiritual authorities in Eastern Orthodoxy
Church Fathers
By establishing the Holy Synod, Peter the Great brought this under the control of the autocrat
Orthodox Church
A grandmother, or the scarf grandmothers in Russia often wear
Babushka
Catherine the Great drafted one of these for Russia, but never adopted it
Constitution
Scientist who created and periodic table and predicted the properties of then-undiscovered elements
Dmitri Mendeleev
Using violence to overthrow the existing order (terrorism)
Propaganda of the deed
Russian "holy man" who became close to the Romanov family and had a sinister reputation
Rasputin
Paintings/images that allow Christians to meditate on and "see" God
Holy icons
Peter the Great opened these as part of modernizing Russia's military
Factories
Coniferous forests found in snowy northern regions
Taiga
The Smolny Institute was created for this purpose
Educate noblewomen
Playwright, best known for his maxim that, "If in the first chapter there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off."
Anton Chekov
Alexander II standardized this across all Russia
The law/legal code
The Russian Parliament, which Nicholas II mostly ignored
Duma