Russia Before the Greats
What were Landowning nobles called?
Boyars
What did Peter the Great force nobles to shave?
Beards
What was the name of the new capital city called that Peter built?
St. Petersburg
Where was Catherine originally from?
Germany
Russia became a major _____ power with a strong military.
European
What was Russia mostly covered by?
Farms/lands
Peter monderized the ____ and ____ by using new weapons
the Army and Navy
Peter needed a ________ port so he could trade with the West all year.
warm-water
What did Catherine rule as in Russia?
An Enlightened Empress
What is the system of serfdom?
Where peasants were owned by their landlords
What did Russia lack?
The advanced technology used in the West
What are two things Peter did to improve Russian society?
He simplified the Russian alphabet and created a newspaper
Who did Peter fight against in the Great Northern War?
Sweden
She expanded Russia south to the ______ Sea
Black
Russia remained an _______ state
Autocratic
Before Peter the Great, Russia was seperated from the West and rooted in its ____________ Heritage.
Byzantine
What does Westernization mean?
adopting Western European ideas and technology
What was the reason for the Great Northern War?
to win land on the Baltic Sea
What did Catherine participate in?
in the division of Poland
What does being an autocratic state mean?
Where the Tsar holds absolute power