Russia Enters the European Political Arena
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| Russia (earlier 17th century) | Unimportant, off to the side of major European areas, land-locked and uninvolved
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| Ivan IV | ruled 1533-1584. Ivan the Terrible. Started with a good rule, but became a tyrannical ruler.
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| "Time of Troubles" | 1584-1613. Post- Ivan rule. Michael Romanov was elected tzar by nobles.
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| Romanov Dynasty | Michael (1613-1645), succeeded by Aleksei (1654-1676), succeeded by Theodore II (1676-1682). Stabilized Russia
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| Boyars | Old Russian Nobles. Controlled most of Russian bureaucracy
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| Streltsy | Moscow garrison guards. Posed a threat of mutiny
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| Peter the Great | ruled 1682-1725. Came to power with his half brother through the streltsy. Wanted to establish tzar power and increase military strength.
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| Northwest Europe | Inspired Peter with its military ships. He took a trip there to inspect their resources and ideas, which he later modeled Russia after
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| Streltsy revolt | Revolted while Peter was away from Russia. When he returned, he brutally suppressed it, having public executions and displaying corpses
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| Russia's new army | Peter I drafted almost 300,000 soldiers by the end of his rule. Designed to serve the ruler. Based off of Western Europe armies.
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| Russia's navy | Created in the 1690's to protect the Black Sea against the Ottoman Empire. Was used to conquer lands from them and the Baltic/Sweden
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| The Great Northern War | 1700-1721. Waged against Sweden for Baltic territory. Peter gained power near the second half, allowing him to beat the stronger Swedish armies and gain warm water ports
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| St. Petersburg | Capital city, created 1703. Made on the Gulf of Finland, modeled Versailles.
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| Aleksei | Son of Peter I. Was imprisoned and killed by Peter after conspiring against him with Charles VI
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| Table of Ranks | published 1722. Made social rank more important than family history
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