culture
The dominating religion in Russia is
east orthodox
While most European powers had developed commercial agriculture Russia still had what type of agriculture.
Subsistence agriculture.
what is the Russian ruler called and what ethnic group of people do they rule over.
The Tsar and Slavs
This Russian monarch saw Russia as a medieval state behind the rest of Europe, they then studied Western Europe to gain a better understanding of how to modernize Russia.
Who is Peter the great
After a civil war broke out In Poland Russia and other powers took territory from a weakened Poland in and event called.
The partition on Poland
As this thing declined in Western Europe it became more entrenched in Russia and aristocrats benefited
What is serfdom
While Russia did not colonize they greatly expanded their border to.
The pacific
In fear of other European powers conquering Russia Peter the great greatly expanded this to compete.
The military
Russian monarch who was influenced by the works of Montesquieu and Rousseau and is Often referred to as an enlightened despot.
Who is Catherine the great
Catherine the greats Russia succeeded where peters failed in adding 200,000 square miles of territory from what two places.
Poland and crimea.
Before Russia centralized they were oppressed by what group that moved them to unify.
The mongals
Peter the greats “window to Europe“ that was also Russia new capital city
St. Petersburg
In order to modernize and strengthen Russia Peter the great forced conscription of what two social classes into the military and government
peasants and nobles.
Peter the greats reforms to westernize Russia and education led to the founding of
The St. Petersburg academy of sciences
Peter the great allied with saxony and Denmark-Norway against Sweden, with the goal of seizing a warm water port in what war
The great northern war
until the late 18th century this group was legally barred from living in Russia
Jews
After Peter the greats reign 90% of foreign trade flowed through what city.
st. Petersburg
This monarch saw serfdom as something that was pulling the country down but ultimately failed to abolish it.
Catherine the great
The German princess who was selected to marry Peter III, Peter the greats grandson
Who is Catherine the great.
With the help of these two powers Russia partitioned Poland
Prussia and austria.
Russian nobles were referred to as what
Boyars
Before modernization Russia’s primary exports were
Furs and grain.
Before Russian centralization, regional princes had to pay tribute to
The Tatars
Catherine’s first task when she became empress of Russia was replenish the state treasury this was accomplished by
Sue using the property of the clergy (they had 1/3 of Russian land)
This event in Western Europe darkened the absolutist rule of Catherine the great until the end of her reign
The French Revolution