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Period: Oct 30, 1200 to Oct 30, 1500
Russia
Ivan the Great, Time of troubles, Kiev rises, falls, Moscow rises -
Period: Nov 7, 1400 to
serfs
treated as slaves -
Period: Nov 7, 1400 to
nobility
taxes exempt, hard on serfs, C2 Charter of Nobility gave right to volunteer. -
Period: Dec 7, 1545 to
Catherine II
She was smart and shrewd. No one really supported her. She took down trade barriers and tried to get waterfront territory and better goods. -
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Partition
Three times: 1689-1725, 1725-1762, 1762-1796. -
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Jews
discriminated against, made to live in ghettos unless converts or rich -
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war
austrian succession -
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Peter II
He saved Prussia from military defeat. -
Treaty of aix-la-chapelle
keep silesia -
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seven years war
vs france -
end of Seven Years War
treaty of heburtusburg -
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Joseph II
He was humorless. Centralized his authority and tried to keep his people happy. Literally refused the crown and tried to get the church under his control. He wanted better treatment of slaves. -
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Pugachev Rebellions
Pugachev Rebellion against Catherine II, which she quickly stopped. -
Declaration of Pillnitz
Leopold II and King Fredrick William II want to protect the royal family -
Quadruple Alliance
Britain Austria Russia Prussia against France -
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The second and third partitions of Poland
The Polish were depended by Tadeusz Kosciuszko. Russia and England overcame him and partitioned Poland twice. -
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Independence
Revolts start in the Austrian empire. -
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Leadership questions
Had issues deciding who was to be the ruler. -
Treaty of Tilsit
Prussia and Russia ally, Frances gains confirmd over river. -
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Vienna
Restored bouborn power in France and hoped to satisfy Napolean -
Decemberists revolt
Junior Moscow officers refuse to take an oath of allegiance and failed. -
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Nicholas I
Supresses Poland. -
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Official nationalty
Orthodoxy, autocracy, and nationalism. -
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The Crimean War
Russia versus the Ottoman Empire, caused by Russia using protective oversight of the Orthodox Christians to try to invade the Ottomans. The Ottomans declared war. -
End of Crimean War
Russia falls to France and Britain. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the Crimean War, required Russia to surrender territory near the Danube River, recognized the neutrality of the Black Sea, and renounced its plans to protect Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire. -
Emancipation
No more serfs -
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The Balkan Wars
Resulted in the independence of or Russia/Austria dominating over most of the Ottoman European holdings. -
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The Boxer rebellion
Anti-Foreigner group in China -
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Russo-Japanese War
Started the Russian Revolution -
Winter Palace
Bloody Sunday occurs. -
October manifesto
Establishes constituttional government. -
War with Japan
Russia defeated. -
The Russian Revolution
Changed Russia forever. -
Lenin
Publishes "Imperialism - The highest state of Capitalism" about monopolies. -
The Russian Revolution
Lenin's concepts become the dogma of the Soviet Bloc for 50 years. -
Russia's Revolution
Nicholas II was supposedly being controlled by his German wife. He then keft to lead the army and a provisional government was formed. -
Bolshevik
Revolution -
treaty of Brest-litovsk
yeilded territory -
Com intern
Socialist movement -
NEP
Peasants could farm for profit. Instituted by Lenin. -
Stalin
Five year plans ensued. -
Grain
Harvests seized in this year. -
Japan
Japan occupies Manchuria, causing the Litton Report. -
Purges
Killing of head army officials that lasted 4 years. Included many show trials. -
Lenin dies
Power vacuum with Trotsky and Stalin ensues. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor -
Americans
Start island-hopping. -
The atomic bomb
Two of them, fired within a week of each other, helped the Allies win the war. -
Publicly
Stalin puts the western democracies as enemies. -
The Secret Speech
Kruscev denounces Stalin. -
Invasions
in Afghanistan. -
Siberia
Coal Miners strike. -
August Coup
Against Gorbachev.