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Period: Jan 1, 1462 to
Russian Czars
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Oct 19, 1462
Ivan the Great
. Ivan the great was the prince of Moscow and was the prince of all Russia.
. In 1470 Ivan launched a war against the Novgorod princedom
. Ivan became the gatherer of Russian land and he tripled the territory of his state.
. Ivan refused to pay further tributes
. He married the byzantine princess zoe palaeologa
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Peter the Great
• Peter the Great was the first emperor of Russia.
• Peter had gotten Russia to extreme power in the European area.
• His main objective was to strengthen Anti-Turkish alliance and to learn more about Europe’s economic and cultural life.
• In the summer of 1698 Peter had hundreds of rebels executed due to an uprising.
• Other rebels were banished to distant towns
• The Campaign of 1695-1696 was created by Peter in hopes of creating a route to the black sea.
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• Russia had no allies to fight against the Turkish and soon realized they couldn’t win alone, thus giving up on finding a route to the Black Sea.
• Peter then focused on the Baltic Sea instead. (Route was blocked by Swedes)
• In 1700 Peter and several Europeans embarked on the “Northern War” This war was one of the biggest military undertakings.
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Catherine II the Great
Catherine the Great was married to Emperor Peter III, but was advised to flee from him because he was going to divorce her. She decided to stay, and when a coup overthrew Peter, she became Catherine II, sovereign ruler of Russia. As ruler of Russia, Catherine II made many reforms to the country. Her first reform was of government – she turned the old “Code of Laws” into “Instructions”, which were guidelines for those entrusted with restructuring the legal system. This was thought to be “ahead of -
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its time”. It created legislature that provided equal protection under the law for all citizens, and worked on preventing crimes instead of punishing severely for them. In 1767, the Legislative Commission was created with people from all levels of society (except serfs) for the purpose of revising old laws. It ended after a year, however, because most of the members were only focused on their own plans. Catherine II led Russia to success in the Russo-Turkish War. Russia fought with Great -
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Britain on their side against Turkey and Poland. After the victory, they took control of Southern Ukraine, the Northern Caucasus, and the Crimea. They also annexed Polish territory, and then later declared peace with Turkey, allowing Russian merchant ships to be able sail in the Black Sea. A revolt was held against Catherine led by a man claiming to be the thought-to-be-dead Peter III. His claims gained him many followers, but imperial forces were able to defeat him. Catherine decided that to -
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make certain of her future safety she should strengthen local noble authorities instead of improving the conditions of the lower classes. Catherine II devoted lots of attention to expanding the country’s education by building new schools. She boosted Russia’s economy by lifting many of the restrictions that had previously been on trade and encouraging Russians and foreigners to move to the more under-populated areas -
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of Russia. Catherine thought arts and science were extremely important and would make Russia a center for civilization. One of the major Russian cities, St. Petersburg, was rebuilt and became one of the most stunning cities in the world and a major cultural center of Europe.
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Alexander II: The Liberator
• Eldest son of Nicholas I
• Embarked on tour of Russia at age of 19 where he met Princess Marie of Hesse (His Wife)
• Alexander became Czar of Russia at age 36 after the death of his father.
• Crimean was with an alliance of Turkey led Ottoman Empire, Britain, and France.
• Russian economy couldn’t support the cost of warfare and the loss of lives was tremendous.
• The Treaty of Paris finally ended the carnage in effect, Russia lost its dominance. -
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• The Crimean War proves Russia no longer had a great military power and couldn’t compete with industrialized European nations.
• Each and every one of his reforms was criticized beyond belief. Russian citizens threatening to kill. One assassination attempt after another.
• Alexander made the promise of a constitution, but the promise never held through.
• On March 13th 1881 the streets of St. Petersburg were bombed. -
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• Alexander II made his way over to the site of the bomb, only to have another terrorist launch a bomb in his direction.
• Alexander died merely an hour later.
• Her then went down in history as Alexander II: The Liberator.
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Alexander III "The Peacemaker"
Alexander III was nicknamed “The Peacemaker”. During his reign, Russia’s reputation abroad rose tremendously and the country had peace and order. Russia was not involved in a single major war while Alexander was in power, and he was considered the most peaceful and serene Tsar of them all. Alexander III took the throne when Russia was in its worst shape in years, but left it in peaceful condition. He became the Tsar after revolutionaries assassinated his father. Alexander declared only “absolute -
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autocracy” could fight the revolutionary movement. He executed people responsible for his father’s death and leaders of terrorist revolutionary groups. He tightened police oppression and increased press censorship. Like his dad, he encouraged development of trade and industry to recover Russia’s economic suffering from the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878). He was very frugal with state finances in order to lower the budget deficit. Under Alexander III, industrial -
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development increased and construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway began. Alexander III was very religious and did everything he saw fit to help the Orthodox Church. He was very moral, honest, kind, cheerful, and witty.
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Nicholas II
.He was born on May 6 1868
.Nicholas ascended the throne at age 26 after his father died in 1894
. He became the ruler of Rusha Empire
.He was diagnosed with a illness
.Grigory Rasputin was the only one that could help him
-Austin Johnson
