Chapter 18 Terms Flashcards

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