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| 18510032 | Ivan IV | Also know as Ivan the Terrible; confirmed power of tsarist autocracy by attacking authority of boyars (aristocrats); continued policy of Russian expansion; established contacts with western European commerce and cultre | 0 | |
| 18510033 | Partition of Poland | Division of Polish territory among Russia, Prussia, and Austria in 1772,1793, and 195; eliminated Poland as independent state; part of expansion of RUssian influence in eastern Europe | 1 | |
| 18510034 | Alexis Romanov | Second Romanov tsar; abolished assemblies of nobles; gained new powers over Russian Orthodox church | 2 | |
| 18510035 | Peter Romanov I | Also know as Peter the Great; son of Alexis Romanov; ruled from 1689 to 1725; continued growth of abosolutism and conquest; included more definite interest in changing selected aspects of economy and culture through imitation of western European models | 3 | |
| 18510036 | Ivan III | Also know as Ivan the Great; prince of Duchy of Moscow; claimed descent from Rurik; responsible for freeing Russia from MOngols after 1462; ook title tsar or Caesar-equivalent of emperor | 4 | |
| 18510037 | Romanov Dynasty | Dynasty elected in 1613 at end of Time of Troubles; ruled Russia until 1917 | 5 | |
| 18510038 | Catherine the Great | German-born Russian tsarina in teh 18th century; ruled after assassination of her husband; gave appearance of enlightened rule; accepted Western cultural influence; maintained nobility as service aristocracy by granting them new power over peasantry | 6 | |
| 18510039 | Cossacks | Peasants recruited to migrate to newly seied lands in Russia, particularly in the south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements | 7 | |
| 18510040 | Pugachev Rebellion | During 1770's in reign of Catherine the Great; led by cossack Emelian Pugachev, who claimed to be legitimate tsar; eventually crushed; typical of peasant unrest during the 18th century and thereafter | 8 | |
| 18510041 | Old Believers | Russians who refused to accept the ecclesiastical reforms of Alexis Romanov; many exiled to Siberia of southern Russia,, where they became part of Rusian colonization | 9 | |
| 18510042 | Time of Troubles | Followed death of Russian tsar Ivan IV without heir early in teh 17th century; boyars attempted to use vacuum of power to reestablish their authority ; ended with selection of Michael Romanov as tsar in 1613 | 10 |
