Name Drop: Russia Flashcards
Developed Kiev
Yaroslavl the Wise
Chose Orthodox
Vladimir of Kiev
Brought Russia under Moscow
Ivan III the Great
Reformed Russian gov into violent tyranny
Ivan IV the Terrible
First Romanov elected
Michael Romanov
Westernized Russia
Peter the great
Peters son: rumored to conspire against Russia: died
Aleksei
Enlightened Russian despot: crushed pugachevs rebellion
Catherine the Great
Congress if Vienna: crushed Napoleon
Tsar Alex I
More liberal, did not want throne, abdicated to younger brother
Constantine
Decembrist revolt, conservative
Nicholas I
Abolished serfs, more liberal: yet crushed Poland
Alexander II
Like his grandfather: conservative and expanded secret police
Alexander III
Modernized Russia’s economy
Count Sergei Witte
Overthrown in Russian revolution
Nicholas II
Wife of Nicholas, trusted Rasputin
Alexandra
Evil man: Russian rev: wouldn’t die
Rasputin
Menshevik during March rev: headed provisional gov
Kerensky
Tried to overthrow provisional gov
Kornilov
Bolshevik leader Russian rev
Lenin
Russian rev leader: spread communist everywhere
Trotsky
Oppressed rebellions: hung people: his necktie
Stolypin
Leader of Soviet Union
Stalin
Reform soviet: destalinization
Khrushchev
Hardline: conservative
Brezhnev
Lessen tension: lost most of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Rapid change: riots rampant in Russia
Yeltsin
Chechnya
Vladimir Putin
