Lecture 2

Question 1

Who exiled Peter to Siberia?

Answer 1

His sister Sofia. He later had her exiled for starting conspiracies about him when he was away in Europe

Question 2

When was the Great Embassy to Europe?

Answer 2

1697-1698

Question 3

What was the Great Embassy?

Answer 3

Diplomats being sent to Europe

Question 4

Peter was the first Tsar to travel outside of Russia

Answer 4

He studied stuff about boats

Question 5

When did Peter go to Oxford?

Answer 5

1698

Question 6

How many wars did Russia have with Sweden between 1700 and 1721?

Answer 6

6

Question 7

When did St Petersburg become capital?

Answer 7

1712

Question 8

When was the Governing Senate introduced?

Answer 8

1711

Question 9

What was the Governing Senate?

Answer 9

It replaced the duma. Voting introduced

Question 10

What were the functions of the governors?

Answer 10

To collect taxes and supply recruits to the army

Question 11

What was Peter’s opinion of the Russian church?

Answer 11

That it was backwards, and hindering Russia

Question 12

What did Peter want to reform the church to?

Answer 12

The Anglican model

Question 13

Give examples of westernisation in Russia

Answer 13

• shaving off beards

- coats instead of kaftans

Question 14

When did Peter adopt the term ‘Emperor’?

Answer 14

1721

Question 15

What did westernisation reforms result in?

Answer 15

An even more stark difference between the rich and the poor

Question 16

What did Peter do to the Cyrillic alphabet?

Answer 16

He simplified it

Question 17

When was the Table of Ranks brought in?

Answer 17

1722

Question 18

What was the Table of Ranks?

Answer 18

14 ranks of army, naval, court and civil service. This created a preoccupation with social ranks in society. It created a better control over the country.

Question 19

Give some examples of cultural progress during this time

Answer 19

• a push for education, especially sciences

- women encouraged to take more of a role in society (outside of the home)

Question 20

Name two of Peter’s successors

Answer 20

Anna and Elizabeth

Question 21

What did the Slavophiles want?

Answer 21

Pre-Petrine Russia. They hated the reforms Peter had brought

Question 22

What did Peter want to combat?

Answer 22

The Ottoman empire

Question 23

Name one problem with the new tax system

Answer 23

The amount to be paid depended on how many people each town had. Fake people were ‘bought’

Question 24

When was the first newspaper published?

Answer 24

1704

Question 25

How many noblemen were there in 1730’s? and in 19th century?

Answer 25

64,500/108,000

Question 26

When was the creation of the Holy Synod?

Answer 26

1721