The Rus & Cyril
- The Slavic people landed in modern day Russia
- Cyril ( from Constantinople ) comes and creates the written language of the
The Rise of The Russian Empire
- Vladimir :
- Chooses the Eastern Orthodox Religion for his people, because Constantinople is much better off than the Romans, or Islamic people
- Constantinople was a trade hub for the Slavs to most of the world
- The Russians were never actually ruled by the Mongols
- The Mongols just demand tribute and the biggest payer give
- Ivan the Third ( Ivan the Great ):
- The first uniter of the people of Rus
- Ivan took the title of Czar ( or Tsar ) and united the Muscovites
- He led an army against the Mongols and overthrew their oppressors
- 1459 took the title of the Byzantine Leader Czar
- Called in architects to rebuild the city of Moscow
- Built a small city inside of Moscow called the Kremlin
- Consolidated land for the farmers, so they were bound to the land they farm on
- Mainly for controlling the nobles ( Boyars )
- Lets the Boyars control everything about the land they own and the people who are on the land
- Allows the peasants to move once a year
- Ivan the Fourth ( Ivan the Terrible ):
- Born to Vasili who was king
- Father died when he was 3, and watched as Boyars fought for power
- His mother died at 7
- At 17 he watched his uncle get killed
- He started to become cruel towards others, and became isolated
- Ivan started to realize that he would have to kill to rule
- He took the title of Czar official, and shifted from the Muscovite Prince to a Russian Emperor
- All of the Boyars are completely under his control
- They never controlled land
- They owed their position to Ivan
- The Czar's power was absolute
- Shifted from just Muscovy to conquering the Khan's places
- Anastasia Romanov - His wife who he loved
- Died of a Sickness
- Ivan Ivanovitch - Ivan's son who was set for ruling
- Anastasia dies and Ivan starts to go back to his cruel childhood
- Started to go crazy after his wife's death
- Oprichniki - Ivan's henchmen, who were sent to kill anyone who they thought were against Ivan
- Obeyed Ivan only
- Religious Terrorists
- Dressed like Monks
- Massacred many people
- Extremely Brutal
- Develops a special sense of liking for torture, and held special executions
- Slaughtered his enemies and their families
- Starts to ease off his people after the city of Moscow was destroyed
- Starts to remarry, but remarries many times
- Did not like his daughter in law, and she was pregnant
- He killed his son in blind rage due to his daughter in law
- He was extremely upset at the death of his son
- The Mongols sacked Moscow while Russia was weak with war within themselves due to Ivan the Terrible
The Warring Period
- Poland and Sweden start to move in towards Russia through war
- Poland takes Moscow, and
- Poland imprisons the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Mikel Romanov:
- The Romanov spawned a whole Dynasty of the Russian Sovereign
- Created Serfdom: Completed Ivan the Third's
- Gives landowner power to find and bring back the serfs at any time
- In other parts of Europe if a serf is free for 1 year and the 1 day they are no longer serfs,
- Mikel prevents that from happening, and allows the landowner infinite time to find and capture the serf again
- Serfs could be forced to marry and be sold ( similar to slaves, but not completely )