Vocabulary
Everyone is equal
egalitarianism
How far is the Russian land going East to West?
The major religion of the Kievan Rus was?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
What Varangian leader helped to set up the Kievan state? What did he and his men do to achieve this?
Rurik-- He worked close with Slavic leaders to increase order and security, protect trade routes, and encourage regular payments of tribute by rural people to the military leaders of the towns.
Peasants who worked in the countryside
Smerdy
Society ran by men leaders
Patriarchal
How far across is the Russian land going North and South?
3,000 Miles
Two nomadic invaders of central Asia around 700BC to 200 AD were?
Scythians and Sarmatians
What were the hardships of a Kievan Prince?
What is the difference between the Duma and the Veche?
Duma is the highest ranking nobles who advise the Prince.
Veche is a town council who had political influences
A farming community
Obshchina
How many nationality groups are there in Russia?
125
By the twentieth century, the Non-Russian groups' sense of ethnic diversity and growing nationalism had what effect on the Soviet Union?
Everyone wanted independence and the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991.
What were the two political administrative units in Kiev?
Boyars' Duma and Veche
What was the name of the first Slavic state? How did it end?
Kievan Rus, and it ended when the Mongols invaded Russia.
The importance of a communal monastic life and rewards of the hereafter
Asceticism
Khazars
Name 5 nationality groups living in Russia.
Eastern Slavs, Turk and Tatar, Caucasian, Finno-Ugric, Baltic, Jews, and others.
A vassal state created by the Mongols, which will later become Moscow.
Muscovite State
Explain the power order of among the princes of Kievan Rus.
Each prince had control over a town or tribe with a band of military servitors, Prince of Kiev was the "Grand Prince" and ruled over the other princes, princedoms were based on seniority. If a ruler at Kiev died, then everyone moved up a notch.
"Spirit of the congregation" working as a community
Sobornost
The first secular piece of literature created in Kiev was?
"Tale of the Host of Igor"
Who were the Rus people?
Traders and warriors in northern Russia along the Upper Volga River
Nobles who provided advice to the prince, also ran the military and administrative responsibilities
Boyar
What were the significant impacts of the Kievan Rus society?
1. draw together 4 elements: Ancient indigenous population, imprint, success, and blend of steppe empires, influence of Varangians, Powerful impact of the Byzantine Empire, 2. Tradition of Slavic Political unity, 3. Multinational/tolerant, 4. Stratified/not oppressive 5. Beautiful Art and architecture 6. Orthodox Christianity