Sterns Chapter 21

By GabrielNas
  • 1462

    Much of Russia freed from Tatars by Ivan III (Ivan the Great)

    The Russian state gained independence from the Mongol Tatars
  • 1480

    Moscow region free

    Russian expansion presses south
  • Period: 1533 to

    Life of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)

    First to emphasize the title of tsar; boyar power reduced

  • Russian pioneers to Pacific

    This will lead to new Russian expansion

  • Law enacted making serfdom hereditary

    Law enacted making serfdom hereditary
  • Period: to

    Reign of Peter the Great

    He was one of his country’s greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers.

  • Founding of St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg was founded on May 16 (new calendar: May 27) 1703, when Peter the Great seized control of the land surrounding the Neva during a protracted war with Sweden
  • Period: to

    Region of Catherine the Great

    Led her country into full participation in the political and cultural life of Europe, carrying on the work begun by Peter the Great
  • Period: to

    Pugachev revolt

    The principal revolt in a series of popular rebellions that took place in the Russian Empire after Catherine II seized power in 1762

  • Law enacted tightening landlord power over serfs

    This leads to more difference in class