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W5RUSS Flashcards

1
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What 3 fundamental things were happening?

A
  1. Mongols are fragmenting
  2. Moscow is seen as the unifier of Russia
  3. Church was starting to advocate resistance
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2
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Founder of Muscovite Monasticism

Who was he close to?

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St. Sergius of Radonezh

Prince Dmitry

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3
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What was St. Basil the first in?

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the first visiaully documented when onion domes appeared

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4
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What was the Dormition Cathedral based on?

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the Dormition Cathdedral in Vladimir

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5
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What is a shatyor?

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tent roof

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6
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What was Prince Dmitry later known as?

When and why?

What did he do two years later?

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Dmitry Donskoy

1380, he won the first major victory over the Mongols

defeated Khan Mamai

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7
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What did the Church of the Ascension’s structure represent?

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the strong vertical structure represented the relation to the diety

axis mundi - axis of the world

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8
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What did the church counsel?

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endurance, not resistence

this began to change in the Middle of 14th Century

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9
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How was the Church of the Decapitation of John the Baptist structurally?

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octagonal base; four octagonal structure on each corner, each its own church

little columns comes out to distribute the weight

inside of dome is a spiral

limestone pattern help distribute weight

bricks are layered - corbel bricks - one layer stick out slightly more than the one below it

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10
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What happened with the election of a certain person and when?

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1613 - establishment of Romanov Dynasty with election of Michael Romanov

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11
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What is the onion dome known as in Russian?

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lukovitsa

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12
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What Italian design that the Archangel Michael Cathedral contained?

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scallop motif

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13
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What was the daughter of the woman that wanted John the Baptist’s head name?

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Salome

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14
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Why was St. Basil’s built?

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as a votive church to celebrate Ivan’s victory in Kazan in 1552

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15
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Who built the Dormition Cathedral?

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Aristotle Fioravanti

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16
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What did the Italians teach to Russians to use?

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Brick instead of stone

17
Q

Ivan III ruled long and prosperous and died in

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1505

18
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Who commissioned the Archangel Michael Cathedral and who finished it?

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Ivan III commissioned it and his son Vasili III finished it

19
Q

What was the Archangel Michael Cathedral used as until when?

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burial sanctuary for the rules of Moscow until the time of Peter the Great

20
Q

What was St. Basil dedicated to?

Why?

A

Intercession

because Kazan was taken on Intercession day

21
Q

Who started the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great and who finished it?

A

Ivan the great started it and died and his son Vasili III finished it

22
Q

Main Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

A

Dormition Cathedral

23
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What happened during the reign of Ivan the Great (III)?

A

1453 - Constantinople falls

24
Q

What happened during the period after Theodore died

A

Time of troubles - 1605 - 1619

25
Q

Who escaped from Constantinople when it fell?

A

Zoya

26
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What was special about the Bell Tower of Ivan the Great?

A

It was built in two stages

27
Q

Mongol Invasion

Dates and what was taken

A

1237-1241

Vladimir

28
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What was Church of the Ascension known as and why was it built?

A

first great Russian tower Church

as votive offering for the birth of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)

29
Q

What was the Russian woman’s headdress structure knwon as?

A

kokoshniki

30
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What did the church play a role in?

A

uniting the princes behind Moscow

31
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What was the last attempt to save Constantinople? When?

A

the Counsel of Florence - western churchmen gathered the orthodox bishops saying that we will give you help if you accept the authority of the Pope - the representative of the Church Signed on

1436

Russians rejected the counsel of Florence

32
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Who built the Church of the Ascension?

A

Vasili III

33
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What is the structure above the shatyor?

A

lantern

34
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What was the Structure of the Church of the Ascension started from is base?

A

cross with corner bays filled out which transitions to an octagon, a very stable self reinforcing structure, which trasitions to shatyor - tent tower

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