Rulers and their influence1
Rulers and their influence2
Peter the Great1
Peter the Great2
St. Petersburg
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Peter the Great and Catherine the Great wanted to alighn Russia with the West for this reason
What is that they considered the West more "modern" than the East.
100
This was Peter I's nickname.
What is Peter the Great?
100
This artistic style was preferred by Peter the Great.
What is baroque?
100
The major reason why Peter the Great increased taxes on the common people.
What is that he needed money to pay for the growing military?
100
St. Petersburg is located on this river.
What is the Neva?
200
Peter the Great shifted the seat of the Russian Empire to this city.
What is St.Petersburg?
200
This Tsar reigned during the most significan phase of the Romanov Dynasty.
Who is Peter I, or Peter the Great
200
Peter the Great wanted St. Petersburg to be built with these two materials.
What is stone and brick?
200
Peter the Great required this of nobility in St. Petersburg.
What is that they had to spend many months living there?
200
St. Petersburg is close to Finland and this sea
What is the Baltic?
300
At the height of their power, Russian stars ruled over these three large areas.
What are Asia, Eastern Europe and North America?
300
This ruler initiated construction of the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed in the mid-sixteenth century.
Who is Ivan the Terrible?
300
One way Peter the Great changed education in Russia.
What is that he made education compulsory for children in certain social classes.
300
This woman was Peter the Great's wife.
Who is Empress Catherine I?
300
These are three reasons that St. Petersburg has a good strategic location.
What are that it is close to Finland and the Baltic Sea, and that is provides increased accessibility to Western European powers?
400
At the height of their power, Russian tsars had lavish palaces in this city.
What is St. Petersburg?
400
This is the reason why Peter the Great demanded that Russian men cut off their beards.
What is that he wanted Russia to be more like European countries.
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These are two restrictions that Peter tyhe Great placed on buildings in St. Petersburg.
What are height and style?
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The year of Peter the Great's death.
What is 1725?
400
The new city of St. Petersburg was founded in this year.
What is 1703?
500
These tsars actively sought to purchase works of art to expand their collection.
Who are the Romanovs?
500
The Romanov Dynasty emerged after what period?
What is "the Time of Troubles"?
500
These were two of Peter the Great's favorite architects that he summoned to be master builders.
Who are Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond and Domenico Tressini?
500
The major effect Peter the Great had on art.
What is that he made it more secularized?
500
This is the name of the artistic style that became popular in St. Petersburg.
What is "Petrine Baroque"?
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