Chapter 29 Flashcards

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