Absolute Monarchy: Russia

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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

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Ivan III title by mongolians

Grand Prince

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ivan IV alternate title

ivan the terrible

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ivan the terrible military acts

destroyed remaining power

military discipline

engaged in unsuccessful wars

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ivan the terrible in politics

severely decreased power of hereditary nobility: redistributed land

declared himself tsar

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why was ivan the terrible called that

excecutinos and violent erratic behavior

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differences between russia and western europe

serfdom

russia did not experience a renaissance

cooked and fried compared to rest of europe

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boyars

highest status of noble

advisors to tsar

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time of troubles

ivan the terrible died w/o heir → cooked sucession

peasant rebellions

→ Michael Ramonov as tsar

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peter the great

absolute monarch

wanted to make russia better in european affairs

very tall

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how did peter the great change russia politically

made it more stable and peaceful

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what did peter the great bring back from the west

technicians

beaureaucracy (i can’t spell)

→ political, economic, social and culture westernization

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reform techniques of peter the great

westernizaiton

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who opposed peter the great + westernization

boyars

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why did boyars not like westernization

threated their identity

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table of ranks

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

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what did table of ranks do

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

helped create bureaucracy

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warm water port

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

after → navy and army big yay

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st petersburg

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

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peter economic reforms

mercantilism

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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

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beard tax

wanted men to look like europeans

adoption of french and english clothing

other rreforms → more like west yay