RUSSIA

Important People

• Peter the Great (1682-1725)
• Catherine the Great (1762-1796)
• Grand Prince Ivan III (1462-1505)

IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

• Tsars of the Romanov, Romanov dynasty
• Absolutism - Tightly Centralized
• Westernization by Peter the Great
• Freedom from Mongol Rule (1480)

IMPORTANT PLACES

• St. Petersburg - Seaport, Capital City
• Siberia - Russian Occupation / Consumes it
• Russia

IMPORTANT TRADE

• Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur Fur
• Indian Merchants used Volga river to trade
• Traded with Ottomans, Iran, India

IMPORTANT INNOVATION

• St. Petersburg is built as home for Russian Navy, Huge success
• Russian Split into 50 administrative regions by Catherine the Great
• Westernization by Peter the Great

Important Events

• Crimean War 1853-1856
• Peter the Great's Reform - westernization
• Catherine the Great's Reform
• 7 Years' War - Britain/Prussia Vs. France/Austria/Russia (1756-1763)
• Russian Occupation of Siberia, 420,000 Russians by 1763

More events!

• Ivan III Stops paying tribute to Khan (1480)
• Russia is not apart of the Mongolian Empire (1480ish)