Early Russian History
After the fall of Kievan Russ, they took control of Russia.
Who are the Mongols?
He was a co-monarch with Peter the Great.
Who was Ivan V?
This is how Catherine II came to power.
What was staging a coup?
He was the tsar of Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.
Who was Alexander I?
He was the last tsar of Russia.
Who was Nicholas II?
He asserted Russian independence from the Mongols.
Who was Ivan III (Ivan the Great)?
This is the city Peter I established in Russia.
What is St. Petersburg?
This was the method Catherine the Great used to rule Russia.
What was enlightened absolutism?
They were influenced by enlightenment ideals and revolted against the autocratic rule of the tsars.
Who were the Decembrists?
Who were the boyars?
Another name for the time period of Mongol Rule.
What is Appanage Russia?
This was the name of Peter I's trip through Europe to learn about European economies and governments.
What was the Grand Embassy?
Who was responsible for drafting a new legal code?
What was the Legislative Commission of 1767?
This is what Nicholas I's became known as.
What is "the Iron Tsar".
This is the translation of "tsar".
What is "ceasar" in Russian?
Ivan III was the first to take this name as sovereign ruler of Russia.
What is a Tsar?
Peter I added these territories to the Russian Empire during his reign.
What are Azov, Livonia, Estonia, and Ingria?
This granted new privileges and rights to the nobility, strengthening their position within the social hierarchy.
What was The Charter to the Nobility?
Alexander II's used this to abolished serfdom.
What is the Emancipation Edict of 1861?
This was a global event that coincided with the end of the Romanovs reign.
What was World War I?
This was the secret police created by Ivan IV.
What was the oprichnik?
These were reforms Peter the Great implemented in Russia. (At least 4)
What were building a modern navy and army, changing the calendar, focusing on education and technology, and reforming the government along western lines?
These are two significant examples of Catherine II's territorial expansion of Russia.
What are the annexation of Crimea and partition of Poland?
This was the radical group the assassinated Alexander II.
What was "The People's Will"?
They were the reigning family during Imperial Russia.
Who are the Romanovs.