Chapter 29:
The Russian Empire in Europe and Asia

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Chp. 29 (Week 16)

Ivan the Terrible

Homework

• Southernization Project Due on Tuesday.
• Outline Chapter 29 (Cornell Notes): Due Thursday
• Answer Big Picture Questions: Chapter 29.
• Vocabulary: Chapter 29.
  • Define each term and identify significance.
  • Write the page number on the card. Due: Friday.
• Chapter 29: Practice Quiz.
• Chapter 29 Exam on Friday.
• Complete Week 16 Newsgroup Question: Due Friday.

Introduction and Overview

• Timeline of Russian History
  • On the left side of your notebook, list the five main eras of Russian History. (This week will focus on the first four eras.)
• Brief History of Russia:
  • Ancient (Background)
  • Mongols (Background)
  • The Romanovs (This Chapter)
• Introduction:
  1. Russian State Began To Form Around Kiev In The 9th Century
  2. State Broke Up After Death Of Yaroslav About 1050
  3. Russia Dominated By Mongols From 1230's To Almost 1500
  4. Rulers In Moscow Gathered Power Under The Mongols By War, Marriage, And Purchase (Ivan I Kalita)

Foundations of the Absolutist State

• Introduction Lecture I:
• The Gathering of the Russian Land
  • Ivan III
  • Cossacks
  • The Third Rome
• The Time of Troubles
  • Ivan IV
  • Ivan's Reign of Terror
  • War and Famine

  Lecture II: The Times of Troubles and Westernization

Catherine the Great

Westernization and Empire

• A Window on the West
  • Peter's Program of Westernization
  • Military Reform
  • Bureaucratic Reform
  • Social Reform
  • St. Petersburg
• The Limits of Westernization
  • Catherine II
  • Pugachev's Rebellion
  • The End of Reform
• The Russian Empire in Europe
  • Poland-Lithuania
  • The Absorption of Ukraine
  • The Partition of Poland
  • Southern Expansion
• The Russian Empire in Asia
  • Siberia
  • Native Peoples of Siberia
  • Russian Population of Siberia
  • American and Pacific Explorations

A Society in Tension

• Muscovite Society before Westernization
  • Rural Life
  • Serfdom
  • Catherine and the Nobility
• The Growth of Trade and Industry
  • European Trade
  • Asian Trade
  • Industrial Development
  • Population Growth

Cultural Clashes

• Crisis in the Church
  • Church Reform
  • Patriarch Nikon
  • Avvakum and Old Belief
  • Tsarist Control over the Church
• Westernization and the Enlightenment in Russia
  • Education
  • Enlightment Influences
  • The Intelligentsia
  • The End of Experimentation

Conclusion and Summary

• Russia Grew From Small State To Vast Empire During Early Modern Period
• Multiculturalism: Brought Additional People And Resources under Russian influence (1/6th of the world's land)
• Also Brought Problems
  • Strained Labor Resources Led To Tightening Controls On Serfs.
  • Led To Peasant Resentment And Occasional Revolt
• Result Of Westernization
  • Attempts By Reforming Tsars To Strengthen Russia Along European Lines
  • Resisted By Traditionalists
    • Nobility
    • Clergy
    • Merchants
  • Selective Adoption Of European Ideas Promoted
  • Unlike China, Japan, And Others That Tried To Keep Out All Western Influence
• French Revolution Led To End Of Westernizing Reform

Links

• 1upInfo.com (online encylopedia): History of Russia
• FEEFHS East European MAP ROOM
  Russian Empire - Europe
• History of the Russian Empire.
• World Heritage: Russian Empire
• Exploring St. Petersburg
• Russian History: Muscovite Period
• David Rumsey Map Collection: Russian Empire
• The Red Book of the Peoples of Russia: Introduction.
• Medieval Russia, A Sourcebook 900-1700:
  Mongol Capture of Kiev in 1240.
• Catherine the Great
• Virtual Library: Ukraine.
• Russian Absolutism: Caesaropapism
• Absolutism in Eastern Europe: Russia (near the bottom)