53297635 | Ivan the Great | his reign made Moscow the center of a new Russian state with a central government | 0 | |
53297636 | Ivan the Terrible | first tsar of Russia, he added many new lands to the growing state | 1 | |
53297637 | Peter the Great | his ideas made Russia much more like Europe and introduced western culture | 2 | |
53297638 | Catherine the Great | her reform and administrative techniques made Russia an international power and increased Russian territory. | 3 | |
53297639 | Vitus Bering | explorer whose discovery of the Bering straight made it much easier to travel to North America | 4 | |
53297640 | Patriarch Nikon | the head of the Orthodox Church but after challenging the tsar's authority, he was exiled to a remote monastery | 5 | |
53297641 | Avvakum | his death epitomized the tension between the church and the Russian government | 6 | |
53297642 | Cossacks | peasants who fled the west to the east and formed outlaw armies. | 7 | |
53297643 | Boyars | Russian nobles and aristocrats | 8 | |
53297644 | Novgorod | founded by the Vikings, it became Russia's first important city | 9 | |
53297645 | Oprichniki | Russian secret police who operated under Ivan IV | 10 |
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