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Russia, Land of the Czars

Russia, Land of the Czars. 21.4. Ivan IV “The Terrible”. 1533 – 1584 Czar; turned Russia into a centralized Empire Reduced power of Boyars, created a police-state. St. Basil’s Cathedral. Ivan’s Madness led to Crisis. May have killed his heir Weak rule, Civil War, & invasion followed

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Russia, Land of the Czars

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  1. Russia,Land of the Czars 21.4

  2. Ivan IV “The Terrible” • 1533 – 1584 • Czar; turned Russia into a centralized Empire • Reduced power of Boyars, created a police-state

  3. St. Basil’s Cathedral

  4. Ivan’s Madness led to Crisis • May have killed his heir • Weak rule, Civil War, & invasion followed • Finally in 1613, Boyars elected a Czar from the Romanov family

  5. Czar Peter I “The Great” • 1672 – 1725 : Absolute Ruler of Russia • Reformed Russia on “Western” lines

  6. Peter Westernizes Russia • Brought landowners & Orthodox church under state control • Hired European military advisors • Forced nobles to adopt Western fashions & allow women social status • Opened a school for navigation

  7. St. Petersburg • Peter’s new Imperial Capital & window on the west • Built on the Baltic, on land conquered from Sweden • Peter forced peasants to build it, and nobles to live there.

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