CZARS AND OTHER LEADERS
This person was the first female ruler in Russia.
Who is Princess Olga?
These people were the class of landowning nobles in Russia. Their power was limited by Ivan the Great during his time as leader.
Who were the boyars?
These people were early settlers in Russia that farmed along rivers and eventually had to pay tribute to the Vikings.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The Vikings came to Russia from this region
What is Scandinavia?
This person made Orthodox Christianity the religion of Russia- he ordered all statues and paintings of former gods in Kiev to be destroyed. (Hint: think Harry Potter...)
Who is Prince Vladimir?
These were millions of poor people, also called peasants, in Russia that were tied from the land and received no support from Russian rulers.
Who were the serfs?
There were millions of these people that were tied to the land and traded like slaves. They lived on lands owned most often by people called boyars, who were landowning nobles.
Who were the serfs?
This person ordered the construction of the walled fortress in Moscow.
Ivan the Great
These people had to pay tribute to the Vikings and were farmers from Eastern Europe that first settled in Russia.
Who are the Slavs?
This czar, Russia's very first czar, defeated the Tartars.
Ivan III- Ivan the Great
Peter the Great signed a treaty with this country to protect the lands around St. Petersburg. Doing this also allowed him to form an alliance with this country.
What is Sweden?
This beautiful place can be described as flat grasslands in Easter Russia.
What is the steppe?
This czar ordered the building of St.Basil's cathedral in Moscow.
Ivan IV- Ivan the Terrible
These people were a powerful group that invaded and ruled Russia after the Mongols invaded. They were a blend of Mongol and Turkic tribes.
Who were the Tartars?
This czar traveled throughout Europe to study European customs because he wanted to modernize Russia. He brought in people from other countries to educate Russians on new skills and trades.
Who is Peter the Great?
Catherine the Great was influenced by cultural ideas from this country.
What is France?
This title is given to those who are the leader of the Orthodox Church.
Who is a patriarch?
This czar forced Russian men to shave their beards or pay a beard tax in his attempt to modernize Russia.
Who was Peter the Great?
This city is called "The Window on the West" and created by Peter the Great.
What is St. Petersburg?
This ruler of Russia was born in Germany and considered freeing the serfs, but did not.
Catherine the Great
These were the people that Catherine the Great signed a peace treaty with to help her warm water port be more successful.
Who were the Turks?
These people are the nobles and officials that surround a monarch and support their leader or ruler.
What is a court?
This person was able to get Russia to convert to a more modern European calendar.
Who was Peter the Great?
This place was Russia's first warm water port and is still today a busy port city.
What is Odessa?