ap world ch. 29 Flashcards

12597047307	Cossacks	peasants recruited to migrate to newly seized lands in Russia, particularly in south; combined agriculture with military conquests; spurred additional frontier conquests and settlements.	0
12597080508	Peter the Great	(1672-1725) Russian tsar (r. 1689-1725). He enthusiastically introduced Western languages and technologies to the Russian elite, moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg.	1
12597086425	Saint Petersburg	Founded by Peter the Great, Imperial capital of Russia; important trade city because of location of the Baltic Sea.	2
12597090504	Romanov Dynasty	Dynasty that favored the nobles, reduced military obligations, expanded the Russian empire further east, and fought several unsuccessful wars, yet they lasted from 1613 to 1917.	3
12597117624	Boyars	Russian nobles	4
12597134890	Ivan the Terrible (IV)	Violent, killed his own son and a lot of people. Centralized Russian monarchy and started feudalism in Russia. Ruled from 1533-1594, until Romanav Empire took over.	5
12597171115	Russian Orthodox Church	The church of Russia, branch of; supported the Tsar; There was a gap between poor parish peasants and rich bishops	6
12597194592	Intellegentsia	Russian term denoting articulate intellectuals as a clas; 19th-century group bent on radical change in Russian political and social system; often wished to maintain a Russian culture distinct from that of the West	7
12597194593	Serfs	Workers who were tied to the land on which they lived	8
12597200199	Catherine the Great	This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia, created a new law code, and greatly expanded Russia	9
12599214307	Old belief	groups that trace their origin to the religious revolt against the liturgical reforms that the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Nikon of Moscow, part of schism in Russian Orthodox church	10