9. I’m glad you asked...
The objective is for YOU to be able to
discern patterns in Russian history that
continue into the 20th Century!
10. I’m glad you asked...
The objective is for YOU to be able to
discern patterns in Russian history that
continue into the 20th Century!
e.g. The relationship b/w the rulers and
the peasants.
19. Ivan the Terrible
First Russian ruler to call himself a Tsar
Made the Tsar’s position stronger than
ever before
20. Ivan the Terrible
First Russian ruler to call himself a Tsar
Made the Tsar’s position stronger than
ever before
Ranked nobles below himself
21. Ivan the Terrible
First Russian ruler to call himself a Tsar
Made the Tsar’s position stronger than
ever before
Ranked nobles below himself
Exiled and purged nobles who failed to
give him abject obedience
32. Mikhail I Fyodorovich Romanov
1613 - 1645
Elected to the throne by the Muscovites
First of a dynasty that would last until 1917
33. Mikhail I Fyodorovich Romanov
1613 - 1645
Elected to the throne by the Muscovites
First of a dynasty that would last until 1917
Peasants became serfs - attached to the
land, heavily taxed & forbidden to move
34. Mikhail I Fyodorovich Romanov
1613 - 1645
Elected to the throne by the Muscovites
First of a dynasty that would last until 1917
Peasants became serfs - attached to the
land, heavily taxed & forbidden to move
Peasant revolts common
40. Peter the Great
1682 - 1725
Brought Russia into the European
sphere
41. Peter the Great
1682 - 1725
Brought Russia into the European
sphere
Dawn of the Russian Empire
42. Peter the Great
1682 - 1725
Brought Russia into the European
sphere
Dawn of the Russian Empire
Autocratic state
43. Peter the Great
1682 - 1725
Brought Russia into the European
sphere
Dawn of the Russian Empire
Autocratic state
Creation of a ‘senate’ solely for tax
collection
53. Catherine the Great
1762-1773
Had her husband (Peter III) murdered
Legalized the selling of serfs apart from
the land.
54. Catherine the Great
1762-1773
Had her husband (Peter III) murdered
Legalized the selling of serfs apart from
the land.
Major peasant uprising in 1773 -
ruthlessly suppressed
55. Catherine the Great
1762-1773
Had her husband (Peter III) murdered
Legalized the selling of serfs apart from
the land.
Major peasant uprising in 1773 -
ruthlessly suppressed
Under her rule, Russia became a major
European power
69. Nicholas I
1825-1855
Reactionary - crushed a revolt that sought to
create a constitutional monarchy
‘Autocracy, Orthodoxy & Nationality’
70. Nicholas I
1825-1855
Reactionary - crushed a revolt that sought to
create a constitutional monarchy
‘Autocracy, Orthodoxy & Nationality’
loyalty unlimited power to Tsar, traditions of
the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian
nationalism
71. Nicholas I
1825-1855
Reactionary - crushed a revolt that sought to
create a constitutional monarchy
‘Autocracy, Orthodoxy & Nationality’
loyalty unlimited power to Tsar, traditions of
the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian
nationalism
Suppression of non-Russian people and
religions
77. Alexander II
Widespread desire for reform in the
empire during Alexander II’s reign.
A humanitarian movement attacked
serfdom.
78. Alexander II
Widespread desire for reform in the
empire during Alexander II’s reign.
A humanitarian movement attacked
serfdom.
In 1859, one-third of the Russian
population was serfs.
81. Alexander II
1855-1881
Alexander abolished serfdom in 1861
rather than wait for a revolution from the
people.
82. Alexander II
1855-1881
Alexander abolished serfdom in 1861
rather than wait for a revolution from the
people.
Practical, aware of the feelings of the
times - able to bring about reform.
83. Alexander II
1855-1881
Alexander abolished serfdom in 1861
rather than wait for a revolution from the
people.
Practical, aware of the feelings of the
times - able to bring about reform.
Followed a liberal course of action, but
was assassinated by left-wing
revolutionaries anyway... :(
92. Alexander III
1881-1894
Son of Alex II.
Very reactionary.
Wanted a return to autocracy.
Felt Russia could only be saved from
chaos if it shut itself off from subversive
influences of W. Europe.
95. Alexander III
His tutor and advisor taught him, and his
son Nicholas, to “fear freedom of speech
and press and to hate democracy,
constitutions, and the parliamentary
system.”
Revolutionaries hunted down
Russification was carried out in the
empire.
