Lec 8: Western Eyes

Question 1

Who were the two rivals for the throne after Fedor III’s death

Answer 1

Ivan I and Peter I

Question 2

As of when was peter the great no longer co-tsar?

Answer 2

1696

Question 3

After what event and when did Peter rename the russian tsardom as the russian empire?

Answer 3

After his victory over Sweden during the Northern War in 1721.

Question 4

What does peter do in the wake of the strevsky revolt? When and why did this revolt take place?

Answer 4

Strevsky were unhappy with their conditions. 1698
He puts it down harshly.
He reorganizes the government, putting civil administrators in the positions of boyars.
He divides the country up into provinces.

Question 5

When was the capital moved to St Petersburg and by who?

Answer 5

Peter moved it in 1712

Question 6

Why was peter disliked by the elite?

Answer 6

• many still sided with Sophia
• the church and people sided with his noblewoman wife whom he tried to divorce in order to marry his polish pesant
• nobles dont like western reforms
• nobles dont like him in general because he passed over many of their sons for the throne

Question 7

What is the new succession rule that Peter makes? When and why does he make it?

Answer 7

1722: Only the tsar can choose who his successor will be. After his son with his first wife, Aleksei is found guilty of treason he is sent to prison and set to be executed.

Question 8

What does the 1722 table of ranks do?

Answer 8

People need to work for their positions. Forces people to get educated. Nobles keep their positions but need to work in order to get promoted. Low-born newcomers can be noblelized too

Question 9

What church reforms does Peter the Great make?

Answer 9

• abolishes the Patriarch and replaces it with the Holy Synod
• diminishes church’s power

Question 10

Who forces boyars to start paying taxes?

Answer 10

peter the great