INTRODUCTION TO RUSSIAN HISTORY CLASS ONE FALL 2010 – REVIEW AND INTRO – REVOLUTION TO STALIN IN WW2

Instructor Joe Boisvert – GCCC - Encore

Russian Time Line 800 to 1240 800: Vikings Reach Russia 988: Vladimir, now the Rus ruler of Kiev-

Novgorod, a kingdom that extends from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea (the largest European state),, converts his people to Christianity (the Greek-Orthodox brand of Christianity) and builds the first church (Church Of the Holy Virgin), while the Patriarch of Byzantium appoints a primate of Russia who is a Greek 

Descendents of Vikings Rule till Mongrel Invasion

1237-40 - Mongols invade Russia, destroying all of its main cities except Novgorod and Pskov; Tatars establish the empire of the Golden Horde in southern Russia.

Vikings Start Modern Russia Bring Christianity to Russia – 9th Century

Mogul Invasion Kept the Russian’s from the Renaissance (French for "rebirth"

Russian Time Line 1552 to 1859

1552-56 - Ivan the Terrible conquers the Tatar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan and establishes Russian rule over lower and middle Volga.

1581 - Cossacks begin conquering Siberia. Romanovs 1613 - National council elects Michael Romanov as tsar, heralding

the Romanov dynasty which ruled Russia until 1917 revolution. 1689-1725 - Peter the Great introduces far-reaching reforms,

including creating a regular conscript army and navy, subordinating the church to himself and creating new government structures.

1772 - 1814 - Russia acquires Crimea as well as parts of Poland, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova and Georgia (Catherine the Great)

1798-1814 - Russia intervenes in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars in France, defeating Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and participating in his overthrow.

1834-59 - Caucasian war in which Russian forces face determined resistance to their bid to annex North Caucasus.

Orthodox church's influence in post-atheist Russia is growing

Ivan the Terrible

Cossacks, Professional Soldiers

Peter the Great – Changed Russia to a Modern Country on the European Model

Grand Woman of Russian Royalty

Daughter of Nicholas, Elizabeth was Killed By Bolsheviks 1918

Catherine the Great

Empress ElizabethDaughter of Peter theGreat

Napoleon's Retreat from Russia

Leading up to Revolution 1853 to 1905

1853-57 - Crimean war. 1861 - Emancipation Edict ends serfdom; rapid

industrialization leads to growth of working class movement and spread of revolutionary ideas. Karl Marx

1864-65 - The area of what is now the Central Asian Republics annexed

1877-78 - Russian-Turkish war. 1897 - Social Democratic Party founded and in 1903

splits into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions. 1904-05 - Russian expansion in Manchuria leads to war

with Japan - and the 1905 revolution, which forced Tsar Nicholas II to grant a constitution and establish a parliament, or Duma.

End of Imperial Rule, Rasputin, Czars and Improvements and Reverses

Contrasts – Royal Family, Serfs, Emancipated Serfs

Nicholas in WW1

The Intelligencia - Prelude to a Revolution–Writers – Economic Theory

Karl MarxMarx and Engels

Revolutionaries – Bolsheviks – Reds - Soviets

The End Class One