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The Beginning of Rus
• Slavs• 862 – Rurik, a local
chieftain establishes Rus centered at Novogrod
• 882 – Oleg adds Kiev to Rus
• 989 – Prince Vladimir I chooses Byzantine Orthodox Christianity as state religion
Invasions
• Mongols• Batu Khan’s Golden
Horde, including Tatars• Kiev• Novogrod• Alexander Nevsky –
Teutonic Knights and Swedes
The Rise of Moscow, 14th – 15th C.
• Vassal to Vladimir• Kiev metropolitan to
Moscow• Grand Prince of Moscow• Expelled Tatars from Russia,
refused to pay tributes• Ivan III “The Great” –
annexes Novogrod• The Great Stand on Ugra
River,• “Third Rome”, Italian artisans
Tsars of Russia, 1547 - 1721
• Ivan IV “The Terrible” – adopted “Tsar”, boyars
• Patriarch of Moscow• Killed own son• Boris Gudonov – brother-
in-law of Fyodor, little Dmitri
• “Time of Troubles”• The two Fake Dimitris• Polish – Muscovite War• 1612 – Poles expelled
The Romanovs
• 1613 – Michael elected• Boyars enact serfdom• Salt riot, copper riot,
the Moscow Uprising• Cossack Stenka Razin• Peter the Great• Catherine the Great
Peter the Great, 1672-1725
• Alliance with Poles against Swedes
• 1703 - St. Petersburg• Empire• Replaced the Duma
with a small council• Absolutism• Abolished patriarch