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The document discusses the history of imperial Russia, including: 1. Russia was conquered by the Mongol Golden Horde in the 13th century, who imposed heavy taxes and ruled brutally. This cut Russia off from developments in Western Europe. 2. In the 15th century, Grand Duke Ivan III began resisting Mongol control and expanded the Grand Duchy of Moscow, establishing it as the dominant power in Russia. 3. Later czars including Peter the Great and Catherine the Great brought Western European influences to Russia through reforms like new schools and expanding the empire, but tensions grew between the privileged nobility and oppressed serf class.

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The document discusses the history of imperial Russia, including: 1. Russia was conquered by the Mongol Golden Horde in the 13th century, who imposed heavy taxes and ruled brutally. This cut Russia off from developments in Western Europe. 2. In the 15th century, Grand Duke Ivan III began resisting Mongol control and expanded the Grand Duchy of Moscow, establishing it as the dominant power in Russia. 3. Later czars including Peter the Great and Catherine the Great brought Western European influences to Russia through reforms like new schools and expanding the empire, but tensions grew between the privileged nobility and oppressed serf class.

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Imperial Russia

Section 4
Westernization

The process of becoming


more like Western Europe
Czar

 The title of Russian emperors


before the formation of the Soviet
Union
#2 Three Themes of History in
Russia

 1. Expansion
 2. Harsh treatment of common
people
 3. Slow westernization
#3 The Golden Horde

 Mongol conquerors (from Asia)


 Captured Kiev and conquered
whole territory
#3 Golden Horde, cont.

 Mongols wanted to collect heavy


taxes
 Also wanted Russians to serve in
the Mongol Army
 Appointed a prince to handle the
day to day operations of the
territory.
#4 The Golden Horde, cont.

 The Mongols attacked frequently


to keep people from rebelling
 The Mongols cut off Russia from
the West, so the country didn’t
take part in the Renaissance.
# 5 Ivan I and Ivan III,
The Mongol Empire Collapse
 1330’s Ivan the Moneybag
collected taxes for the
Mongols. He was allowed
to keep some of the
money.
 He bought land and
expanded the size of
Muscovy (Moscow).
#5 Ivan I and Ivan III, cont.
 Muscovy became too big
for the Mongols to
control.
 1480 Ivan III took over
and refused to pay taxes.
 Mongols are too weak to
fight
 Ivan III regains control of
Russia
#6 Peter the Great - 1689
 Brought Western
European ideas and
culture to Russia
 Went to Europe with
Russian officials to find
out about European
culture/methods ect.
 Started new schools
#6 Peter’s Accomplishments,
cont.
 Reorganized Government and the
Army
 Enlarged Russia
 Needed good seaports to be a
world power
 Conquered land near the Baltic and
the Black Seas
Catherine the Great
 Catherine the
Great
continued
expanding
when she
came to power
later.
# 7&#8 Czars and the serfs
 Russia was divided into two
groups
1. The very rich, - the nobility
2. The very poor, - the serfs
 Tensions grew between the
two groups
 In 1861 Alexander II freed
the serfs and gave them
land.
#7 Czars and serfs, cont.
 Alexander III
reversed his
father’s reforms.
 1894 Nicholas II
(the last Czar of
Russia)
 Problems between
serfs and workers
#9 Czars, cont.
 Workers marched to St. Petersburg to
talk about reforms.
 Troops opened fire and killed hundreds
(Bloody Sunday)
 Czar Nicolas forced to agree to establish
the Duma (a representative legislature)
 Czar and Duma ruled until 1917
 HERE ENDETH THE LESSON!

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