THE RISE OF RUSSIA Chapter 12 Section 2

Key Terms Rus Yaroslav the Wise Cyril Methodius Cyrillic alphabet Vladimir Alexander Nevsky

The Rus and Kiev Slavs fighting among

themselves Asked Vikings for help Oldest brother took

Novgorod Oleg attacked

Constantinople in 907 Received a generous

trade agreement

The Growth of Kiev• 900’s became

Kievan Rus• Yaroslav the Wise-

ruled Kiev from 1019-1054

• Collected religious books and hired scribes– Translate into Greek

and Slav• Diplomatic and

trade relations with Europe

The Growth of Kiev Was crushed

attacking Constantinople

Maintained relationships by arranging marriages of his daughters

Christianity in Russia Cyril and

Methodius-spoke Slavic language

Use of native language helped in conversions

Cyrillic alphabet- written alphabet based mainly on Greek alphabet

Used it in mass

Christian Russia• Vladimir I –

converts to Christianity

• Married sister of Byzantium emperor

• 988 Christianity state religion

• 1054 set up own church in Kiev

• Russian Orthodox Church

Russia Under Attack• Yaroslav dies• Princes fight for

power• 1200 Mongols

appear• Entered Rus 1223• 1227 Genghis Kahn

dies 1227• Divided territory

into 4 parts• 1240 Kiev fell to

Mongols

A Threat from the East Mongols did not

interfere with the church

Alexander encouraged Russians not to rebel

Mongols did not destroy much of their land

A threat From the North 1240 Swedes

invaded north of Novgorod

Control of trade route from Byzantium and Russia

1245 Alexander attacks the Swedes

Swedes were defeated

Invasion From the Baltic• Alexander Nevsky-was

the victor• Used status to meddle

in Norvgorod’s affairs• Teutonic Knights to

force Russians to abandon their church

• Invaded from Baltic Sea

• 1242 Alexander defeats the knights

Invasion from the Baltic Alexander lured

the Knights onto a frozen straight

The ice cracked under the weight of the knights

One of Russian’s most famous victories

From Kiev to Muscovy Tartars emerged as

rulers after the Mongols

1480 Russia freed from foreign domination

Muscovy became the capital

Occupied most of Asia