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World History
5.4 Russian Czars Increase Power
Homework: Junkers & Serfs
Junkers: Prussian landowning nobility & exclusive right to be officers in the army
Serfs: forced to serve the landowner. Not allowed to leave the estate
Objectives: Student will be able to explain how Ivan III and later Russian rulers began to build a stronger Russian state by investigating the differences between Russia and western Europe. Student will be able to explain the emerging role of Peter the Great by researching Peter’s reforms and their impact on Russia.
Notes:
Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible Russian czar 1547 to 1560
A. known as Ivan the Terrible-set up a police state-killed his eldest son in a violent quarrel.
B. expanded army and hired European officers to train soldiers who served for life;
C. introduced potatoes, which became staple of Russian diet; started first Russian newspaper; ordered nobles to adopt western fashions; raised status of women by having them attend social gatherings; advanced education by opening schools and ordering some to leave Russia to study
D. forced thousands of serfs to work on building St. Petersburg on unhealthy swampy land
E. ordered many Russian nobles to leave Moscow and settle in the new port city capital
Problems Solutions
1. Russian people did not believe that change was necessary.
2. The Russian Orthodox Church was too strong.
3. The great landowners had too much power.
4. The Russian army was untrained and its tactics and weapons were outdated.
5. Russian society had to change to compete with the modern states of Europe.
6. To promote education and growth, Russia needed a seaport for travel to the West.
7. The port needed to be built.
8. The new city needed to be settled.
Odds & Ends
1. Peter the Great’s main reason for visiting the West was to learn about Western customs and technology.
2. At the time that Peter the Great took the throne, the serfs were most essential to the Russian economy
3. The site
5.4 Russian Czars Increase Power
Homework: Junkers & Serfs
Junkers: Prussian landowning nobility & exclusive right to be officers in the army
Serfs: forced to serve the landowner. Not allowed to leave the estate
Objectives: Student will be able to explain how Ivan III and later Russian rulers began to build a stronger Russian state by investigating the differences between Russia and western Europe. Student will be able to explain the emerging role of Peter the Great by researching Peter’s reforms and their impact on Russia.
Notes:
Ivan IV/Ivan the Terrible Russian czar 1547 to 1560
A. known as Ivan the Terrible-set up a police state-killed his eldest son in a violent quarrel.
B. expanded army and hired European officers to train soldiers who served for life;
C. introduced potatoes, which became staple of Russian diet; started first Russian newspaper; ordered nobles to adopt western fashions; raised status of women by having them attend social gatherings; advanced education by opening schools and ordering some to leave Russia to study
D. forced thousands of serfs to work on building St. Petersburg on unhealthy swampy land
E. ordered many Russian nobles to leave Moscow and settle in the new port city capital
Problems Solutions
1. Russian people did not believe that change was necessary.
2. The Russian Orthodox Church was too strong.
3. The great landowners had too much power.
4. The Russian army was untrained and its tactics and weapons were outdated.
5. Russian society had to change to compete with the modern states of Europe.
6. To promote education and growth, Russia needed a seaport for travel to the West.
7. The port needed to be built.
8. The new city needed to be settled.
Odds & Ends
1. Peter the Great’s main reason for visiting the West was to learn about Western customs and technology.
2. At the time that Peter the Great took the throne, the serfs were most essential to the Russian economy
3. The site