Lec 9: Russia's Enlightenment Flashcards
Name the tsarinas in order
Catherine I - Peter’s wife, succeeded by Peter II (aleksei’s son)
Anna - was voted by supreme privy court, named her grandnephew ivan VI as her heir (had “conditions” to follow)
Elizabeth - Peter’s daughter. Seizes power through a coup, continues many of her father’s reforms. Named her nephew, Peter III as her heir, and chooses his wife.
Catherine II - Peter III’s wife. Overthrows throne in 1762
What reforms did Peter III make?
- freed serfs on orthodox church’s land
- eliminates obligatory military service for nobles
What did Catherine the Great do during her reign?
- westernized russia further
- ultimately reinforced serfdom
- wins war against turkey; cremea gets annexed
- poland gets annexed
- promotes education
What is the name of the school for noble girls put in place by Catherine the Great
Smolny Institute
Who does Catherine II put as the director of the academy of sciences?
Ekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova
Who were Catherine II’s Instructions based off of? What did they say?
Montesquieu and Beccaria
- prohibited torture
- equality against the law
- justified autocracy
What changes does Catherine II make in relation to serfdom? Why does she do this?
- puts serfs in new places!
- takes away their right to petition the tsar
She wants to keep the nobility on her side. She argues that the nobility needs the serfs.
Who is Aleksandar Radishev and what happens to him?
He publishes the book “journey from St petersburg to moscow”, a critic of serfdom. He is exiled by Catherine the great in 1790
