History of Russia Questions
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(Time) Beginning of reign of Peter the Great
(Time) Election of first Romanov tsar
German born Russian tsarina; combined selective Enlightenment ideas with strong centralising policies; converted the nobility to a service aristocracy by granting them new power over the peasantry
The 18th-century female ruler of Russia, ________, flirted vigorously with the ideas of theFrench Enlightenment and invited French philosophers for visits.
(T/F) The duchy of Kiev served as the center for the liberation effort beginning in the 14th centuryagainst Mongol domination of Russia.
1918-1920: conflict in which the Red Army successfully defended the newly formed Bolshevik government against various Russian and interventionist anti-Bolshevik armies. Red vs. White Army
Peter the Great's policy of cultural Westernization was directed primarily at theA) merchants.B) peasants.C) nobility.D) Orthodox church.E) government officials.
Baltic city that was made the new capital of Russia by Peter I
Cossacks wereA) those who objected to reforms in the Orthodox church.B) members of the Russian nobility.C) peasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in the Russian Empire.D) the designated heirs of the tsars.E) a secret organization that opposed the tsars' autocracy.
(T/F) As a reformist, Peter the Great concentrated on improvements in political organization, onselected economic development, and on cultural change.
The first Romanov tsar, _________, established internal order following the era of politicaldisturbance.
Tsar ______, son of Alexis, changed selected aspects of Russian economy and culturethrough imitation of Western forms.
Confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of the boyars; continued policy of expansion; established contacts with western European commerce and culture
(T/F) In 1613, an assembly of Russian nobles chose a member of the Romanov family as tsar.
In 1500, ________, formed by a union with Lithuania, was the largest state in eastern Europe aside from Russia.
The tsarist government exiled thousands of the "_________" attached to the former ritualsand beliefs of the Orthodox church to Siberia or southern Russia.
Where was Peter the Great's program of economic development concentrated? A) Cloth productionB) Mining and metallurgical industriesC) UrbanizationD) Pottery productionE) Shipbuilding and seafaring
Union of the Soviet Republics. Created by Lenin in 1922.
Russian who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov; many were exiled to southern Russia or Siberia
Ivan the Great's claim that Russia was the successor of the Byzantine Empire implied thatRussia was theA) "next Byzantium."B) Golden Horde.C) "pax Romana."D) Mandate of Heaven.E) "Third Rome."