History of Russia Questions

Prince of the duchy of Moscow; responsible for freeing Russia from the Mongols; took the title of tsar.

Under _________, who claimed succession from the old Rurik dynasty and the old Kievandays, a large part of Russia was freed from the Mongols after 1462.

The government of Catherine the GreatA) controlled all aspects of central and local administration.B) advocated the abolition of the peasantry and removed some of the worst abuses of thecoercive labor system.C) was so besieged by peasant rebellions that it scarcely functioned by the end of the reign.D) was strongly centralized, but yielded virtually all local control to the nobility.E) was never considered legitimate.

Russia, the Moscow as its capital, claimed to be the successor of the Roman and Byzantine empires.

(T/F) Unlike Peter the Great's attempts at Westernization, Catherine the Great's reforms wentbeyond appearances to offer real substance.

Second ruler of the dynasty; abolished assemblies of nobles; gained new powers over the Orthodox church

(T/F) Pugachev was an intellectual who criticized serfdom.

(T/F) Peter the Great abolished the assemblies of nobles and gained new powers over the Russianchurch.

Early 17th century period of boyar efforts to regain power and foreign invasion after the death of Ivan IV without heir; ended with the selection of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613

In 1649, Russian serfdomA) was abolished.B) was converted to legal slavery.C) became hereditary.D) began to modify to a free peasantry under the influence of Westernization.E) became a source of unrest that led to its abolition within the next decade.

Peter the Great moved his capital from Moscow to a new Baltic city that he named_________.

Peasant adventures with agricultural and military skills recruited to conquer and settle in newly seized land in southern Russia and Siberia

What group did Ivan the Terrible attack as a means of furthering tsarist autocracy?A) The Old BelieversB) The Orthodox priesthoodC) The growing merchant classD) The peasantsE) The boyars

used to get the economy back up and running.- the policy allowed for small enterprises to be returned to private ownership as well as peasants being allowed to sell their good on the free market.

The Time of Troubles followed the death of which Russian tsar?A) Ivan IIIB) Peter the GreatC) Ivan IVD) Alexis RomanovE) Michael Romanov

(T/F) Because of its great estates, its local political power, and its service to the state, the Russiannobility maintained a vital position in Russian society.

not really police, but forced support for stalin used force, often killed entire families for disobedience totally royalty, part of lenin´s power, even over army

(T/F) Ivan III, called the Terrible, continued the policy of Russian expansion with emphasis onconfirming the power of the tsarist autocracy.

Stalin and the Russian government's man-made famine on the people of Ukraine.

_____, a Cossack chieftain who claimed to be the legitimate tsar, launched a rebellionagainst tsarist authority and promised to abolish serfdom, taxation, and military conscription.