very basic russian history
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Very broad overview of Russian History from c. 1000 - c. 1750 CE. A story of three capitals: Kiev, Moscow, St. PetersburgTRANSCRIPT
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Russian History before the Revolutions
A Very Basic Outline
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Russia: A Tale of Three Capitals
Kiev:1st Russian
State
Moscow:2nd Russian
State
St. Petersburg
:3rd Russian
State
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Kievan Russia: c. 800-1200 CE
Rivers Slavs + Vikings Byzantine roots
Eastern Roman Empire
Greek cultural influence
Orthodox Christianity
Conquered by Mongols
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Kievan Russia: Cyrillic Alphabet
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Kievan Russia: Orthodox Christianity
Saint Sophia Cathedral , Ukraine, c. 1037
Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir, by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1890
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Orthodox Christianity
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Muscovite Russia: c. 1500-1700
Moscow Political center:
Prince→ Czar (Tsar) Religious center:
Orthodox Christianity
Expanded Russian Empire
Ivan the Great Bell Tower, built 1505-1508,exact center of Moscow
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Moscow’s Kremlin
Kremlin=fortress
Origin of Moscow
Home to Orthodox
Churches Czars Communist
leaders Presidents of
Russia Government
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Moscow: Red Square
Next to the Kremlin
Red (krasnaya) can mean “beautiful”
Central square Department
Store Churches Museums Streets
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Moscow: Red Square: St. Basil’s Cathedral
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Powerful Nobles
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Moscow: Expansion
Muscovy=Grand Duchy of Moscow
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St. Petersburg: Peter the Great’s “window to the West”
Peter the Great More Expansion!
Baltic & Black Seas Enormous palaces
showed the wealth of the Czar
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More Expansion!
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St. Petersburg: Grand Capital
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Palaces: Peterhof
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Palaces: Winter Palace
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Palaces: Catherine Palace
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Palaces: Alexander Palace
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St. Petersburg: Grand city of boulevards and water