Chpt 14 Vocab - Rise of Russia

Question 1

Ivan III

Answer 1

(1440-1505) aka Ivan the Great; prince of Duchy of Moscow; claimed descent from Rurik; responsible for freeing Russia from Mongols after 1462; took title of tsar - equivalent of emperor

Question 2

Ivan IV

Answer 2

(1530-1584) aka Ivan the Terrible; confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking authority of boyars (aristocrats); continued policy of Russian expansion; established contacts with Western European commerce and culture

Question 3

cossacks

Answer 3

Peasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particularly in the south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements

Question 4

Time of Troubles

Answer 4

followed death of Russian tsar Ivan IV without an heir early in the seventeenth century; boyars attempted to use the power vacuum to reestablish their authority; ended with selection of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613

Question 5

Romanov dynasty

Answer 5

dynasty selected in 1613 at end of the Time of Troubles; ruled Russia until 1917

Question 6

Old Believers

Answer 6

Russians who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov (17th century); many exiled to Siberia or southern Russia, where they became part of Russian colonization

Question 7

Peter I

Answer 7

(1672-1725) aka Peter the Great; son of Alexis Romanov; ruled from 1689 to 1725; continued growth of absolutism and conquest; included more definite interest in changing selected aspects of economy and culture through imitation of Western European models

Question 8

Catherine the Great

Answer 8

(1729-1796) German-born Russian tsarina in the 18th century; ruled after assassination of her husband; gave appearance of enlightened rule; accepted Western cultural influence; maintained nobility as service aristocracy by granting them new power over peasantry

Question 9

Pugachev Rebellion

Answer 9

during 1770s in reign of Catherine the Great; led by Cossack Emelian Pugachev, who claimed to be legitimate tsar; eventually crushed; typical of peasant unrest during the 18th century and thereafter

Question 10

partition of Poland

Answer 10

division of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772, 1793, and 1795; eliminated Poland as independent state; part of expansion of Russian influence in Eastern Europe