Chapter 29 vocab Flashcards

53303958	Ivan III the Great	Ivan III, was the Grand Duke of Moscow, ended Mongol domination of his dukedom, extended territories, subdued nobles, and attained absolute power; made Moscow the center of a new Russian state with a central government	0
53303959	Ivan IV the terrible	he was the first "Tsar" of Russia who destroyed the Boyards. He was known as The terrible because of the severity and cruelty of his response to the policy of centralization	1
53303960	Peter I	Also known as the Great; He was the son of Alexis Romanov; he was more interested in changing selected aspects of economy and culture through imitation of Western European models. His ideas made Russia much more like Europe and introduced western culture	2
53303961	Vitus Bering	He was a Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait which made it easier to travel to North America(1681-1741)	3
53303962	Patriarch Nikon	He was the head of the Orthodox Church from 1652-1667. He demanded to share authority with the Tsar and the Tsar became mad and broke with Nikon. He was later exiled to a remote monastery. Before that he had a thoroughgoing reform of Russian Orthodox texts and rituals.	4
53303963	Avvakum	his death epitomized the tension between the church and the Russian government	5
53303964	Catherine II the Great	her reform and administrative techniques made Russia an international power and increased Russian territory.	6
53303965	Cossaks	undertook their own campaigns of expansion and vastly extended the range of Russian influence.	7
53303966	Boyars	Russian nobles and aristocrats	8
53303967	Novgorod	This city was founed by Rurik and is Russia's first important city.	9
53303968	Oprichniki	A personal group of civil servants who arrested boyers and gave their lands to Ivan the Terrible's supporters	10