RUSSIA IS A RIDDLE, WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY, INSIDE AN ENIGMA

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1 SOUTHWESTERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WORLD HISTORY VIDEO STUDY GUIDE : HISTORY OF RUSSIA - LAND OF THE TSARS PART 1 ST. BASIL S RUSSIA IS A RIDDLE, WRAPPED IN A MYSTERY, INSIDE AN ENIGMA - WINSTON CHURCHILLL OBJECTIVES OF THE VIDEO : 1. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN, IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF, AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF ABSOLUTISM 2. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN ( VIA A VIDEO EXAM ) THE IMPACT THAT RUSSIA, THE WORLD S LARGEST NATION, HAD ON THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN ( VIA A VIDEO EXAM ) THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF EASTERN ORTHODOX CULTURE 4. STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOW THE RUSSIAN TSARS UTILIZED THEIR ABOSOLUTE POWER TERMS THAT YOU MAY NEED INFORMATION ON : 1. TSAR - THE TITLE OF RUSSIA S KING / MONARCH / ABSOLUTE RULER 2. EMMISSARIES - AMBASSADORS 3. TRIBUTE - TAXES PAID TO KEEP THE PEACE AND HAVE TRIBES OR CITIES PROTECTED 4. TENTENT FARMERS - PEASANTS WHO RENTED LAND FROM THE NOBLES AND HAD THE ABILITY TO MOVE / RELOCATE 5. SERFS - PEASANT FARMERS BOUND TO THE LAND = NO MOVEMENT5. 6. BOYARS - THE RUSSIAN NOBLES / ARISTOCRACY 1

2 7. THE STRASSI - RUSSIAN ROYAL GUARDS INTRODUCTION : RUSSIA IS THE COUNTRY ON EARTH AT ITS PEAK THE EMPIRE OF THE TSARS COVERED OF THE EARTH EARLY HISTORY : RUSSIA IS A LAND MADE UP OF MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND NATIONS. WHAT CONNECTED THESE PEOPLE? WHO WERE THE FIRST MAJOR GROUP OF PEOPLE TO EXPLORE RUSSIA AND WHAT NAME WERE THEY GIVEN AS THEY SETTLED IN RUSSIA? WAS THE MOST POWERFUL VIKING CITY STATE IN RUSSIA LIKE OTHER RULERS, PRICE VLADIMIR WANTED HIS AUTHORITY TO BE SUPPORTED BY A RELIGION. HE SENT EMMISSARIES TO FIND THE ONE TRUE FAITH. IN CONSTANTINOPLE HIS EMMISSARIES FOUND THE FAITH. IN 1237 AD, WHO BECOME THE ONLY PEOPLE TO CONQUER ALL OF RUSSIA? THE RUSSIANS NAME THE COMBINED ARMIES OF THE MONGOLS AND TURKS - THE. THE RUSSIAN PRINCE WHO PAID THE MONGOLS THE MOST IN TRIBUTE WAS APPOINTED. THIS WAS A STRATEGY TO ENCOURAGE COMPETITION WHICH ALLOWED THE MONGOLS TO 2

3 AND THE RUSSIANS. THE MOSCOW CITY STATE BEGINS TO GAIN INFLUENCE AND BUILDS THE KREMLIN. WHAT DOES KREMILIN MEAN? EVENTUALLY IVAN THE 3 RD CUTS OFF THE TRIBUTE TO THE MONGOLS AND GIVES HIMSELF THE NEW TITLE OF TSAR.. WHAT DOES THE ACTUAL WORD TSAR MEAN IN RUSSIAN? IN 1493 CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE FALL TO THE MUSLIMS. WHAT CITY BECOMES THE CAPITAL FOR THE CHRISTIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH? IVAN THE 3 RD MAKES A MAJOR CHANGE TO THE RUSSIAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE BY TAKING AWAY THE PEASANTS ABILITY TO MOVE AND RENT LAND. FROM TENANT FARMERS HE TURNS THEM INTO. IVAN THE TERRIBLE : IVAN THE 4 TH, KNOWN AS IVAN THE TERRIBLE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS CRUELTY. THIS REPUTATION WAS STARTED WHEN, AS A CHILD, HE ENJOYED THROWING. BESIDES GREATLY EXPANDING THE EMPIRE, IVAN THE TERRIBLE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO RUSSIA IN THE CULTURAL AREA OF ARCHITECHTURE. WHAT FAMOUS ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CATHEDRAL DID HE HAVE BUILT ( HINT - ITS PICTURE IS AT THE TOP OF THIS STUDY GUIDE )? THE DEATH OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE S WIFE BRINGS OUT HIS PARANOIA AND 3

4 DARK SIDE. HE VIEWS EVERYONE AS HIS ENEMY & DECIDES TO DO WHAT? THE PEOPLE BEG HIM TO RETURN AND GIVE HIM ABSOLUTE POWER. WHAT DOES IVAN DO WITH THE POWER? IVAN MADE EXECUTIONS INTO PUBLIC SPECTACLES. HOW DID HE EXECUTE SOME OF THE MONKS OF THE CHURCH? IVAN S TROUBLES BEGIN TO BUILD AS THE TARTARS INVADE AGAIN IN 1571 CAPUTRING MOSCOW AND KILLING PEOPLE IN ONE DAY. IVAN S INSANITY REACHES ITS PEAK WHEN HE S - THE TIME OF TROUBLES : FAMINE AND DISEASE WERE CRIPPLING RUSSIA. CONDITIONS WERE SO BAD THAT PEOPLE WERE EATING OFF AND IN SOME CASES THEY TURNED TO. HOW MANY MEN CLAIM THE TITLE OF TSAR BETWEEN 1598 AND 1610? WHAT HAPPENS TO AN IMPOSTOR WHO CLAIMED TO BE THE HEIR TO THE THRONE? WHEN POLAND INVADES RUSSIA AND TAKES CONTROL THEY IMPRISON THE 4

5 LAST RUSSIAN AUTHORITY - THE PATRIARCH OF THE ORTHODOX CHURCH. HE CALLS FOR A REVOLUTION BUT IT TAKES YEARS TO REGAIN CONTROL A BLOOD HEIR TO IVAN THE TERRIBLE IS FOUND AND MADE TSAR. IN RETURN FOR THE BOYARS LOYALTY WHAT TYPE OF CONTROL OVER THE SERFS ARE THEY GIVEN --- TOTAL OR LIMITED? IN 1672, WITH THE DEATH OF TSAR FEDOR, FAMILY BATTLES ERUPT OVER THE THRONE. WHAT SOLUTION IS REACHED? PETER THE GREAT : AS A YOUNG TSAR, WHAT DOES PETER TRAIN HIMSELF TO BE? WHAT WAS PHYSICALLY UNUSUAL ABOUT PETER? IN 1689 PETER TAKES COMPLETE CONTROL AND BANISHES SHOPHIA TO A. RUSSIA WAS STUCK IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES AND PETER WAS INTENSELY INTERESTED IN. RUSSIA WAS A LAND LOCKED COUNTRY AND FOR IT TO MOVE INTO THE MODERN WORLD NEEDED A SO THAT IT COULD TRADE. DESPERATE FOR WESTERN IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGY, PETER DOES 5

6 SOMETHING NO TSAR HAD EVER DONE. WHAT DOES HE DO? PETER WAS A VERY TALENTED MAN. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING JOBS DID HE WORK AT ON HIS TRIP TO EUROPE - CHECK ALL THAT HE DID : PRINTER DENTIST IRON CASTING ARTIST PAPER MAKING DOCTOR / SURGERY SHIP BUILDING BANKING WHAT ENDS PETER S TRIP TO EUROPE? DURING THIS TIME SWEEDEN UNDER KING CHARLES IS VERY POWERFUL. WHAT MISTAKE DOES KING CHARLES MAKE WITH REGARD TO PETER? WHEN SWEEDEN RETURNS FROM FIGHTING POLAND THEY DECIDE TO ATTACK MOSCOW RATHER THAN ST. PETERSBURG. PETER USES THE IMPORTANT WAR TACTIC OF TO TRAP THE SWEEDS DEEP IN RUSSIA, WITHOUT SUPPLIES, DURING THE WINTER. WITH THE DEFEAT OF SWEEDEN, RUSSIA IS NOW THE POWER AROUND THE BALTIC SEA. PETER DECIDES TO DO 3 THINGS : 1. MOVES THE CAPITAL TO 2. HAS A NEW EUROPEAN STYLE MADE 3. HE TAKES THE TITLE OF OF PETER S 15 CHILDREN ONLY 2 DAUGHTERS SURVIVE. WHO DOES PETER NAME TO TAKE THE THRONE UPON HIS DEATH? 6