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Continuity and Change in Russia

  • Mongol Invasions

    • 862

      • The first major East Slavic state, Kievan Rus, is founded and led by the Viking Oleg of Novgorod

      • Kiev becomes the capital 20 years later

    • 980-1015

      • Prince Vladimir the Great converts to Orthodox Christianity, rules the Rurik Dynasty, and spreads new religion

      • His son, Yaroslav the Wise, reigns from 1019-1054 and establishes a written code of law

      • Kiev becomes a center of politics and culture in Eastern Europe

    • 1237-1240

      • Mongols invade Kievan Rus, destroying cities including Kiev and Moscow

      • The Khan of the Golden Horde rules Russia until 1480

    • 1480-1505

      • Ivan III, also known as Ivan the Great, rules, freeing Russia from the Mongols, and consolidating Muscovite rule

    • 1547-1584

      • Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, become the first tsar of Russia

      • Expands the Muscovite territory into Siberia, while institution a reign of terror against nobility using military rule

  • Romanov Dynasty

    • 1613

      • Mikhail Romanov is coronated as tsar at age 16, ending a long period of instability

    • 1689-1725

      • Peter the Great introduces Western European culture and builds a new capital in St. Petersburg, modernizes the military, founds the Russian navy, and reorganizes the government

    • 1762

      • Catherine the Great takes power in a bloodless coup and her reign marks Russia’s era of enlightenment

      • A champion of the arts, her 30-plus-year rule also extends Russia’s border

    • 1853-1856

      • Stemming from Russian pressure on Turkey and religious tensions, the Ottoman Empire, along with the British and French forces, fights Russia and tsar Nicholas I in the Crimean War. Russia is crippled in its defeat

    • 1861

      • Tsar Alexander II issues his Emancipation Reform, abolishing serfdom and allowing peasants to purchase land

    • 1914

      • Russia enters WWI against Austria-Hungary in defense of Serbia

Continuity and Change in Russia

  • Mongol Invasions

    • 862

      • The first major East Slavic state, Kievan Rus, is founded and led by the Viking Oleg of Novgorod

      • Kiev becomes the capital 20 years later

    • 980-1015

      • Prince Vladimir the Great converts to Orthodox Christianity, rules the Rurik Dynasty, and spreads new religion

      • His son, Yaroslav the Wise, reigns from 1019-1054 and establishes a written code of law

      • Kiev becomes a center of politics and culture in Eastern Europe

    • 1237-1240

      • Mongols invade Kievan Rus, destroying cities including Kiev and Moscow

      • The Khan of the Golden Horde rules Russia until 1480

    • 1480-1505

      • Ivan III, also known as Ivan the Great, rules, freeing Russia from the Mongols, and consolidating Muscovite rule

    • 1547-1584

      • Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, become the first tsar of Russia

      • Expands the Muscovite territory into Siberia, while institution a reign of terror against nobility using military rule

  • Romanov Dynasty

    • 1613

      • Mikhail Romanov is coronated as tsar at age 16, ending a long period of instability

    • 1689-1725

      • Peter the Great introduces Western European culture and builds a new capital in St. Petersburg, modernizes the military, founds the Russian navy, and reorganizes the government

    • 1762

      • Catherine the Great takes power in a bloodless coup and her reign marks Russia’s era of enlightenment

      • A champion of the arts, her 30-plus-year rule also extends Russia’s border

    • 1853-1856

      • Stemming from Russian pressure on Turkey and religious tensions, the Ottoman Empire, along with the British and French forces, fights Russia and tsar Nicholas I in the Crimean War. Russia is crippled in its defeat

    • 1861

      • Tsar Alexander II issues his Emancipation Reform, abolishing serfdom and allowing peasants to purchase land

    • 1914

      • Russia enters WWI against Austria-Hungary in defense of Serbia

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