Absolute Rulers of Russia Peter the Great & Catherine the Great.
What’s so Great about Peter
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What’s so Great about Peter Absolute Ruler #2
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What’s so Great about Peter. Absolute Ruler #2. After the Age of Exploration, FIVE European countries emerged and began to dominate Europe… ENGLAND FRANCE AUSTRIA PRUSSIA RUSSIA. Think Back……. Write down what you remember about Russia. Boyar Policy. Boyars: Russian nobles - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What’s so Great about Peter
Absolute Ruler #2
After the Age of Exploration, FIVE European countries emerged and began
to dominate Europe…
ENGLANDFRANCEAUSTRIA PRUSSIA RUSSIA
Think Back…….Write down what you remember about Russia....
Boyar Policy0Boyars:0Russian nobles
0Boyar Policy:0Ivan IV reduced the
nobility’s threat to the throne by seizing their land and placing it under his control
0Established by Ivan the Terrible0A secret police force that was used to
terrorize the Russian people
Oprichniki
Before the Great…
0 Ivan IV (The terrible)0 Rule disrupted by
power struggles with boyars---landowning nobles
0 Anastasia’s death0 Mass executions
including oldest son
0Rise of the Romanovs0 Entered into Time of
Troubles0 Romanov dynasty
01613-1917
Insert Peter the GreatOne of Russia’s greatest reformers.Increased Czar’s power
Major Differences
Russia Europe
0Feudalism—serfs on farms
0Eastern Orthodox0Mongol Rule0Geographic
Isolation
0Rise in cities (merchant class)
0Catholic/Protestant0Renaissance0Age of Exploration0 Trade0Economic/Military
Expansion
Quick PauseHow could Peter the Great transform Russia? Could
transforming Russia add to absolute authority?
WesternizationUsing Western Europe as a model to make Russia stronger
Ruling AbsolutelyTo Make Change, Force Change
Reforms
0Took Control of Russian Orthodox Church0 Abolished office patriarch (head of church)
0Reduced power of the great landowners0 promoted poorer men to positions of authority
0Military hired European officers0 Imposed heavy taxes
Compare Peter’s Reforms to Tokugawa’s Reforms
Westernizing Russia
0 Introduced Potatoes
0Raised women’s status
0Ordered Nobles to give up their clothes for Western Fashions
0Advanced Education
St. Petersburg
0Needed a seaport to promote education & travel0Building city on a swamp
0 Forced serfs to create the city0Ordered nobles to leave Moscow
The German States
The Thirty Years War0Religious conflict in the Holy Roman
Empire (Germany)0Protestant States v. Catholic States0The Peace of Westphalia ends the war0Divides the Holy Roman Empire into
30+ Kingdoms
Austria
0The Hapsburg family of Austria sets up a strong monarchy0Most famous
monarch – Maria Theresa (1740)
Prussia0Very militaristic0Becomes the most powerful of the
German states0The heart of modern-day Germany
