Russia

Silk Routes

Trade routes connecting southern Eurasia regions, thick with vehicles, animals, and people carrying new ideas and technologies.

Golden Horde

Mongol Khanate that conquered states like Novgorod and Kiev, forcing them to pay tribute and benefiting from the technologies the Mongols brought.

Serfs

Peasants in Russia who were bound to the land, heavily taxed, and could not leave; hunted down if they ran away by the nobles.

Peter the Great

Czar who led Russia to expand westward, annexing the Baltic Coast in 1721 and securing the western boundaries.

Multi-ethnic Empire

Russia under the Romanovs, ruling over a diverse population spread across a vast territory, balancing different identities and cultures.