May 15 (Monday)- My group presented
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May 18 (Thursday)- Study day
May 19 (Friday)- Semester test
Russia
Ivan
- 1500's
- Ivan the Terrible
- Childhood was terrible
- Crowned are 16
- Sends list of 3000 people he executed to the monastery of monks
- Left his throne because he said that the nobles that made up his council were corrupt
Livonian War
- Invades region Levonia Baltic coast
- 25 years
- Victory to Russia but causes lots of aggravation
- Poland and Sweedland vs Russia
Peter the Great 1600's
- Russia's lack of a port on any sea
- Selects the fortified town of Azov as a suitable target
- Tatars are Muslim vassals of the Turks Striking a blow for Christendom
- Large Russian army to south
Peter the Great 1700's
- Great project is taking shape at the moth of the river Neva (Comes into Peter's possession in 1703)
- Shortly after gaining area he builds the Peter and Paul fortress on the bank of the river
- Town grows rapidly
- Main street was built by Swedish prisoners captured in the Northern War
- Intervenes in the Northern War seizing southern coas of Finland
- Cuts Russia off from the Baltic (Because the land belonged to Sweden)
- Charles XII defeats the Russians at Narva and regains the coastline
- PEter is able to recapture the mouth of the Neva
Catherine the Great 1700
- Seized the throne in 1762
- Catherine is both brilliant and passionate
- Her many lovers provide rich material for scandal
- Reforming role of an enlightened despot
- Take steps to provide education for girls
- Evident that nobles will resist any change. Needing their support, Catherine abandons her plans
18000s
- Alexander I came to the throne b/c his father was murdered
- Alexander also has inclination toward romanticism and religious mysticism
Czar Nicholas
- Took charge fo the Russian army in and lead a charge in World War I
- Commander in chief of the army he would have to shoulder the blame for any defeats himself
- Head of autocratic state he was required to make governmental decision
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