Absolute Monarchy: Russia

Ivan III

ruled during a time where mongol power was weakening _> declared muscovy independence

expanded power north and west of moscow

married heiress of byzantine empire

Ivan III title by mongolians

Grand Prince

ivan IV alternate title

ivan the terrible

ivan the terrible military acts

destroyed remaining power

military discipline

engaged in unsuccessful wars

ivan the terrible in politics

severely decreased power of hereditary nobility: redistributed land

declared himself tsar

why was ivan the terrible called that

excecutinos and violent erratic behavior

differences between russia and western europe

serfdom

russia did not experience a renaissance

cooked and fried compared to rest of europe

boyars

highest status of noble

advisors to tsar

time of troubles

ivan the terrible died w/o heir → cooked sucession

peasant rebellions

→ Michael Ramonov as tsar

peter the great

absolute monarch

wanted to make russia better in european affairs

very tall

how did peter the great change russia politically

made it more stable and peaceful

what did peter the great bring back from the west

technicians

beaureaucracy (i can’t spell)

→ political, economic, social and culture westernization

reform techniques of peter the great

westernizaiton

who opposed peter the great + westernization

boyars

why did boyars not like westernization

threated their identity

table of ranks

all members of landholding class had to rise the ranks in military service

what did table of ranks do

allowed non -nobles (not peasants but still) to become nobility

helped create bureaucracy

warm water port

before peter → no warm water access to the west and no army or navy

after → navy and army big yay

st petersburg

built by peter on neva river to allow russia to develop as economic idk rbuhasfohwesf

peter economic reforms

mercantilism

the great northern war

peter adds swedish baltic provinces of livonia, estonia, ingria, and kalrelia after a war with sweden

basically war with sweden → russia big

beard tax

wanted men to look like europeans

adoption of french and english clothing

other rreforms → more like west yay