2. Kiev: Moscow: St. Petersburg:
1st Russian 2nd Russian 3rd Russian
State State State
3. Rivers
Slavs + Vikings
Byzantine roots
Eastern Roman Empire
Greek cultural influence
Orthodox Christianity
Conquered by Mongols
4.
5. Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir, by Viktor
Vasnetsov, 1890
Saint Sophia Cathedral , Ukraine, c. 1037
6.
7. Moscow
Political center: Prince→
Czar (Tsar)
Religious center:
Orthodox Christianity
Expanded
Russian Empire
Ivan the Great Bell Tower, built 1505-1508,
exact center of Moscow
8. Kremlin=fortress
Origin of
Moscow
Home to
Orthodox
Churches
Czars
Communist
leaders
Presidents of
Russia
Government
9. Next to the
Kremlin
Red (krasnaya)
can mean
“beautiful”
Central square
Department
Store
Churches
Museums
Streets