Outline: Russian Absolutism
I. The Character of Russia
A. Western Influences
i. Vikings
ii. Orthodox Christianity
B. Geographical isolation of Russia and the
east
i. no warm water sea
ports --
limited communication with west
ii. Mongol invasion
iii. Tartars
iv. Siberia -- 5,000
miles across Asia
v. Volga River
and the Caspian Sea
vi. Asiatic dress
vii. Asiatic architecture
viii. Asiatic music
II. Russia behind the west
A. superstitious
B. manners and customs
C. cruel punishments
D. people unwilling to change
E. treatment of serfs
III. Russian monarchs
A. Ivan the Terrible
B. Michael Romanov
III. Peter the Great
A. childhood and personal characteristics
the assault
of the nobility on Peter's family
his half brothers
Feodor and Ivan
the regency
of Sophia
the overthrow
of Sophia and her exile
to a convent
Ivan abdicated
Peter became
Tsar
B. conquest of Azov and visit to the
west
C. revolt of the Streltsy
D. Great Northern War:
The Swedish
monarch Charles XII
The Battle
of Narva 1700:
the army was westernized
acquisition of St. Petersburg
The Battle
of Poltava in 1709
The Treaty
of Nystadt in 1721
The History of the Russian Navy
E. westernization of society
i. St. Petersburg
--
The History of St. Petersburg
ii. western customs
introduced:
manners
dress
the calendar
western newspapers
western museums
western music
F. repression of Church
The Procurator
and Holy Synod
G. repression of Nobles
Table of Ranks
H. Taxes
I. Industry and peasants:
i. encouragement of production
at home:
ii. Peter dressed in Russian
made garments
iii. export of iron products
by the end
of Peter's Reign
A Chronology of Russian History:
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