Ivan the Terrible hired his own police force and ordered them to murder whoever he considered to be a traitor. Why did Peter the great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port? he introduced potatoes, started Russia's first newspaper, and raised women's status by allowing them to attend social gatherings.
Ivan the Terrible hired his own police force and ordered them to murder whoever he considered to be a traitor. Why did Peter the great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port? he introduced potatoes, started Russia's first newspaper, and raised women's status by allowing them to attend social gatherings.
Ivan the Terrible hired his own police force and ordered them to murder whoever he considered to be a traitor. Why did Peter the great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port? he introduced potatoes, started Russia's first newspaper, and raised women's status by allowing them to attend social gatherings.
Ivan the Terrible hired his own police force and ordered them to murder whoever he considered to be a traitor. Why did Peter the great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port? he introduced potatoes, started Russia's first newspaper, and raised women's status by allowing them to attend social gatherings.
1. While reading, list in chronological order the rulers of Russia.
Ivan the Terrible, Michael
Romanov then Peter the Great. 2. Identify the following terms: boyar, czar, westernization. Boyars- Russias landowning nobles Czar-absolute ruler of Russia, kind of like a dictator Westernization- Using Western Europe as a model for change. 3. How did Ivan the Terrible deal with his enemies during his "bad period"? He hired his own police force and ordered them to track down and murder whoever he considered to be a traitor. 4. Why did Peter the Great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port? Because only then could Russia compete with more modern states of Western Europe. 5. What were some of the ways Peter attempted to westernize Russia? He introduced potatoes, started Russias first newspaper, and raised womens status by allowing them to attend social gatherings. 6. Who do you believe was more of an absolute monarch: Ivan IV or Peter the Great? Explain with evidence to support your answer. I think Peter the Great was more of an absolute monarch. He made more impacts and changes affecting Russias future. He went off this concept of westernization which connected Russian culture to Western Europe. 7. Which class of Russian society probably did not benefit from Peter's reforms? Why? Upper-class did not benefit from Peters reforms. They did not benefit because Peter reduced the power of great landowners, and recruited men from lower rank families and promoted them to positions of authority. 8. How might Peter's attempts at westernization have affected his people's opinion of Christians in Europe? I think Peter may have angered them when he abolished the officer of patriarch and set up the group called the Holy Synod which had to run the church under his orders. 9. Which event in your reading do you believe had the most impact on modern Russia? Why? I think westernization impacted modern day Russia the most. I think this because during this westernization he broadened the horizons of Russia and opened up new opportunities for their country as a whole. 10. Write a one-paragraph expository essay explaining which of Peter's actions reveal that he saw himself as the highest authority in Russia. Creating the seaport names St. Petersburg. He created a seaport that would make it easier to travel from Russia to Western Europe and named it after himself hence the name St. Petersburg. After creating this, he got Russia in a long drawn out war (that lasted 21 years) to
gain control of the Baltic coast. This war could have simply been prevented but Peter became greedy and wanted to gain control over the Baltic coast.