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HI 227 RUSSIA: 1613-1905

HI 227 RUSSIA: 1613-1905. Overview. Course Description, Requirements Main Themes I. Geographical Factors II. Historical Experience III. Patterns, Processes IV. 17 th Century Muscovy V. Conclusions. I. Historical Geography. Key determinants Size Vegetation and soil

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HI 227 RUSSIA: 1613-1905

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  1. HI 227RUSSIA: 1613-1905

  2. Overview Course Description, Requirements Main Themes I. Geographical Factors II. Historical Experience III. Patterns, Processes IV. 17th Century Muscovy V. Conclusions

  3. I. Historical Geography • Key determinants • Size • Vegetation and soil • Extreme northern location • Topography • Climate • Mineral resources • Landlocked • Consequences • Economic • Demographic • Political

  4. MAP OF RUSSIA

  5. II. Historical Experience • Pre-Kievan, to 860 • Kiev Rus, 860-1240 • Mongol/appanage, 1240-1480 • Muscovy, 1480-1689

  6. Kiev Rus (862-1240)

  7. Madonna Icon

  8. Boris and Gleb Icon (14th century)

  9. Mongol Conquest 1237-40

  10. Alexander Nevsky

  11. Alexander Nevsky Icon

  12. Andrei Rublev: Holy Trinity1390s

  13. St. Sergius Blesses Dmitry Donskoi (1380)

  14. Russian Growth

  15. Ivan the Terrible

  16. Ivan Groznyi (1937 Film)

  17. Vasilii the Blessed Cathedral

  18. Ivan the Terrible Charter (1552)

  19. Repin: Ivan IV and Son (1581)

  20. III. Patterns, Processes • “Eurasia” • Myth of autocracy • Historical memory • Particularism • Social inversion • Territorial expansion • De-russification

  21. IV. 17th-Century Muscovy • Intro: 1. Themes 2. Sources 3. Historiography

  22. IV. 17th-Century Muscovy B. Polity 1. Autocracy as monocracy 2. Rise of bureaucracy 3. Law 4. Army 5. Finances

  23. 17th Century Monarchs • Boris Godunov, Vasilii Shuiskii and others, 1598-1613 • Mikhail Romanov, 1613-1645 • Tsar Alexis, 1645-1676 • Fedor, 1676-1682 • Sofia as regent for Peter and Ivan V, 1682-1689 • Peter I, 1689-1725

  24. Boris Godunov (1598-1605)

  25. Mikhail Romanov (r. 1613-45)

  26. Patriarch Filaret (Romanov)

  27. Tsar Alexis

  28. Alexis and Boyar Duma

  29. Zemskii Sobor 1645

  30. Ulozhenie (Law Code) of 1649

  31. Ulozhenie of 1649: Printed Text

  32. Fedor

  33. Sophia

  34. Repin: Sofia at Novodevichii

  35. IV. 17th-Century Muscovy C. Empire-building 1. Siberia: Eastward expansion 2. Southwest: partial gains 3. South & Northwest: stalemate

  36. Muscovy: 17th Century

  37. IV. 17th-Century Muscovy D. Economy, Society, Revolt 1. Economic recovery 2. Social orders: nobility townspeople clergy peasantry 3. Social Disorders: Urban Revolt Stenka Razin

  38. “Stenka” Razin

  39. Razin: Execution (1672)

  40. Razin Beer

  41. IV. 17th-Century Muscovy E. Culture • Emergence of elite, proto-Westernization • Schism

  42. Patriarch Nikon

  43. Archpriest Avvakum Icon

  44. Surikov: Boyarina Morozova

  45. Storming Solovetskii Monastery

  46. V. Conclusions: Some Dates and Numbers Dates 988 Adoption of Eastern Christianity 1240 Mongol Conquest 1480 Emancipation from Mongols 1547 Coronation of Tsar Ivan IV (Terrible) 1598 End of Riurik Dynasty 1598-1613 Time of Troubles 1613 Founding of Romanov Dynasty 1649 Ulozhenie (Law Code)

  47. Table 1: Population Growth (millions)

  48. Table 2: Population Density (per sq. km)

  49. Table 3: Urban Population (% of total population)

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