Name Drop: Russia Flashcards

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Developed Kiev

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Yaroslavl the Wise

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Chose Orthodox

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Vladimir of Kiev

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Brought Russia under Moscow

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Ivan III the Great

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Reformed Russian gov into violent tyranny

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Ivan IV the Terrible

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First Romanov elected

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Michael Romanov

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Westernized Russia

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Peter the great

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Peters son: rumored to conspire against Russia: died

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Aleksei

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Enlightened Russian despot: crushed pugachevs rebellion

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Catherine the Great

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Congress if Vienna: crushed Napoleon

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Tsar Alex I

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More liberal, did not want throne, abdicated to younger brother

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Constantine

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Decembrist revolt, conservative

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Nicholas I

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Abolished serfs, more liberal: yet crushed Poland

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Alexander II

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Like his grandfather: conservative and expanded secret police

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Alexander III

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Modernized Russia’s economy

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Count Sergei Witte

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Overthrown in Russian revolution

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Nicholas II

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Wife of Nicholas, trusted Rasputin

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Alexandra

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Evil man: Russian rev: wouldn’t die

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Rasputin

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Menshevik during March rev: headed provisional gov

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Kerensky

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Tried to overthrow provisional gov

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Kornilov

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Bolshevik leader Russian rev

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Lenin

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Russian rev leader: spread communist everywhere

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Trotsky

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Oppressed rebellions: hung people: his necktie

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Stolypin

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Leader of Soviet Union

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Stalin

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Reform soviet: destalinization

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Khrushchev

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Hardline: conservative

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Brezhnev

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Lessen tension: lost most of the Soviet Union

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Gorbachev

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Rapid change: riots rampant in Russia

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Yeltsin

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Chechnya

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Vladimir Putin