February 7  Russia's Emergence as a Great Power

key terms: Romanovs, Peter the Great, St. Petersburg

Russia under peter

I. The crossroads of east and west

II. From Muscovy to the Russian empire
Ivan III (1462-1505)
Ivan IV (1533-1584)
the Romanovs

III.  Russia under Peter the Great (r 1689-1725)
peter

A. Iconoclasm
Most Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters
B. Westernization
domestic reforms
military refoms
economic reforms
C. St. Petersburg
D. Assessing Peter's legacy




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