absolute | | Time after Ivan's son died without an heir |
January | | Peter introduced this food in an attempt to westernize. |
IvanIII | | What coast was Peter's new capital on? |
Westernization | | lasted into the mid-1800's in Russia |
archangel | | 1547-1560 is known as the ________ |
serfdom | | Came to power in 1533, when he was 3 |
Newspaper | | What was Peter's new capital called? |
Michael | | Russian ruler |
Moscow | | Russia's only seaport |
Neva | | Russia's landowning nobles |
Mongols | | Meaning of Czar |
fifteensixty | | Peter raised what group's status? |
Education | | What was Peter's new capital located on? |
Womens | | Year Ivan's wife died |
StPetersburg | | Ruled 1462-1505, from Moscow |
ASwamp | | Group set up to run the Russian Catholic church. |
Theczar | | Peter started Russia's first _________. |
goodperiod | | Peter increased his power as an ________ ruler to force change. |
Czar | | Nickname for peter when he worked in the Netherlands |
Romanovs | | Peter's long visit to western Europe |
black | | Old Boyar family Ivan was from |
sixteen | | What river did the ships sail down on the way out of Peter's new capital? |
PetertheGreat | | Using western Europe as a model for change |
Heavytaxes | | Started ruling Russia in 1696 |
Baltic | | What did Peter believe was a key to Russia's progress? |
IvantheTerrible | | What did Peter refer to himself as in his journals? |
Anastasia | | Grandnephew of Anastasia |
Europeans | | When do Russians celebrate their new year? |
compete | | What traditional item did Peter order his nobles to give up, and replace with western equivalents? |
clothes | | City conquered in around 1462 |
CarpenterPeter | | Ivan's wife |
PrinceKurbsy | | Peter resolved that he would _______ with the west. |
Grandembassy | | One of the nobles Ivan punished |
Boyars | | Color of Ivan's police force |
potatoes | | Peter hired ______ to train his army. |
HolySynod | | Ruled Russia until 1462 |
Caesar | | How Peter paid for his army. |
TimeOfTrouble | | Age when Ivan seized power all to himself |