Unit 6 History; Russia

open treeless grassland

steppe

north and south commerce route

Dnieper River

West Slavs

Latin and Western

South Slavs

Latin, Orthodox

East Slavs

Orthodox

documentation of the early history of Russia

Primary Chronicle

First place in Russia for seeking order and protection

Novgorod

Leader of the Varangians

Rurik

mother of russian cities and first russian state

Kiev

Rulers of Russia

Grand Princes

first to accept Christanity in Russia

Olga

Script used for Russian writing

Cyrillic

Grand Prince of Kiev who accepts Orthodox for the russian people

Vladamir

led the golden age of russia

Yaroslav the Wise

Russia followed the example of the ___

Byzantines

Genghis Khan means…

“World Emperor”

western and southern trade river

Volga

Who sacked and destroyed Kiev

Mongols

Many move from Kiev to

Novgorod

Cyrillic Alphabet Saints

St. Cyrill and St. Methodius

Battle where Alexander Nevsky defeats Swedes

Battle of Neva River

Third Rome

Moscow

Alexander Nevsky vs the German Teutonic Knights

Battle of Lake Pepius

symbol of Russia

double headed eagle

European Crusaders

German Teutonic Knights

consolated his power and limited boyars, brings Novgorod under Moscow control

Ivan the Great

land owning nobles

boyars

taxes of Mongol princes

Money Bag

first Russian ruler to be crowned tsar

Ivan the Terrible

agents of terror who inforced the tsars will in black

oprichniki

southeastern europe and the Mediterranean

Balkan Peninsula

assembly where anyone participating could veto

diet

charter limiting Hungarian power

Golden Bull of 1222