Growth of Russia

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Growth of Russia

• Muscovite - Catherinian

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European vs. Eastern Russia
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Tsar Ivan IV The Terrible 1533-1584
Tsar Ivan I d.
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• Ivan IV inherits throne as a child, kept prisoner
  by Boyar Duma throughout most of his childhood.
  (psychological effects)
• Marries Anastasia Romanov, good period.
• Connections with the West British Muscovy
  Company.
• She dies, he goes into a fit of depression and
  rage against nobility. Oprichnina
• Comes back to normal but then kills his son,
  Ivan

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Ilya Repins Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan
on November 16, 1581. 1885.
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• Time of Troubles follows until 1613, when the
  Boyar Duma elect Mikhail Romanov. Stability and
  expansion follows.
• 1618 Russian explorers and trappers reached
  upper Yenisei valley in central Siberia.
• 1633-43 Olearius visits Russia
• 1649 Reach Pacific Ocean on East Coast of
  Russian Empire.

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• End of the 17th century, crisis of succession
  leaves Sophia as regent for her brothers, Ivan V
  and Peter I.
• She attempts to hold on to power, but is
  thwarted.
• Ivan not competent, leaving Peter (the Great)
• Quest for a warm-water port
• Northern Wars for the Baltics
• Expansion to the South (Azov) against Turks.
• Problem with the Black Sea region

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Ilya Repins portrait of Sophia in Novodevichi
Convent after her rebellion against Peter
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• Peters attempts to modernize
• Nobility must conform to western European dress
  and mannerisms
• Education abroad
• Modernization of military
• Building a navy (hence the need for warm water
  port
• St. Petersburg (western style)
• Changes calendar
• Dies 1725.

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Catherines reign (1772-96)

• Usurps the throne from her husband, Peter III
• She is a German Princess, Sophia of
  Anholt-Swerbst
• Learns Russian, converts to Orthodoxy, gains
  support of Streltsy guard
• Modernization, freedom from service
• Considers liberation of serfs, but doesnt do it
• Correspondent with Voltaire, Enlightened Despot
• Part of the Philosophe movement, a liberal
  ruleruntil 1789.

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