autocrat = absolute ruler

Quaestio:Did Peter or Catherine

deserve to be called Great?

Nunc Agenda: Define the following terms using

your textbook:Westernization • Autocratic • Boyars

Warm-Water Port • Partition

AUTOCRAT

=ABSOLUTE RULER

Boyars = Russian Nobles

Russia to the1600s

862- Began as Viking settlement in Slavic lands1000s- Orthodox Christianity spreads from Byzantine Empire1200s- Mongols conquer Russia for about two centuries1400s- Mongols defeated, leaders from Moscow become Tsars1600s- Russia still behind Western Europe in technology and ideas

Peter The Great

Became the Tsar at 10Traveled to Western Europe to study government and technologyDisguised himself as a commoner to learn shipbuilding in the Netherlands and England (people knew though)Ruled as an autocratExpanded Russian territoryPut Church under control of the Tsar (him)

Peter The Great

Forced the Boyars to work for the government, shave their beards, and wear Western clothingForced Westernization on his countryFought the Ottomans to control Black Sea port but failedFought Sweden for Baltic port and lost five times before he WON!Built a new capital city called St Petersburg on the Blatic coast

Catherine The Great

Minor German princess who married Russian heir to throne, but took power herself when he conveniently died and became EmpressFurther westernized Russia, required use of French at court, brought ideas from the Enlightenment

Famous for having a lot of “boyfriends”Allowed Boyars more control over peasants, and more were forced into serfdomAlong with Prussia and Austria, partitioned PolandRumored to have died when crushed by a horse… but actually died of a stroke

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