Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Orthodox Christianity- from Vladimir I Created Russian-Orthodox Church Church had great power
Religious literature Religious art and architecture Aristocratic boyars Free farming peasants
Orthodox Christianity Reliance on Trade No middle class Small artisan class Clasical Greek/Roman Ideas Church/State tied Non-diversified trade network
Orthodox Christianity Reliance on Trade Small Middle Class Large Artisan Class Classical Greek/Roman Ideas Church/State tied Diversified trade network
Byzantine Empire
Economy always tied with Byzantines economy Religion influential in cultural and political life
Center of power shifts from Kiev to Moscow when the Mongols invade Mongols cause feudal system to implement b/c of need for protection by peasants
from Mongols
the Great- authoritarian, selective westernization, Catherine the Great- Pugachev Rebellion, selective westernization, growing boyar power Partition of Poland feudalism
Manoralism Fur
Trading
Russian
Orthodoxy Tied
Church/State
Harsh
serfdom
Inheritable serfdom
No
middle class
Few
artisans
unrest
Social
Cossaks
Expansion:
Russia
Japan
Remained
feudal Westernization only effecting upper class Expansion Russian Orthodoxy Authoritarian Govt
Capital
Anti-Westernization (French Revolution) Westernization Expansion Authoritarian Rise of Anarchists and Communists (Bolsheviks)
Decembrist Revolt
Westernization
Revolution of 1905
Govt Regulation Foreign Investment Manufacturing and city growth Grain trade with Western Europe
End to Feudalism Emergence of Proletariat class Anarchist movements had little support Poverty filled No middle class Social unrest
Crimean War- Ottomans and Britain Russo-Japanese War- Japan Grain Trade with Western Europe Foreign Investment Freedom of Slavic Nations Holy Alliance
Westernization/ Industrialization of army Inner social unrest Revolutions put down Growing threat of nationalism Emerging Empire
Westernization/ Industrialization of army Inner social unrest Revolutions succeeded Growing threat of nationalism Waning Empire
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Remained authoritarian Social unrest Expansion High poverty levels No middle class
WWI End to tsarist rule Treaty of Brest-Litvosk Spread of communism Lenin and Stalin United Socialist Soviet Republic (USSR) WWII Cold War
WWI
Revolution of 1917
WWII
Stalin
Fell during WWI Food shortages Rose during the 1920s New Economic Policy under Lenin: freedom for individual advancement Fully industrialized between 1920-1950 State controlled economy
WWI WWII Spread of Communism- China, Japan, East Europe, South East Asia, Cuba, South America, Middle East USSR Cold War
Communist regime overthrows liberal regime Totalitarian Large, poorly trained army Forced to sign disadvantageous treaty (Treaty of BrestLitvosk)
Fascist regime overthrows liberal regime Totalitarian Smaller, well trained army Forced to sign disadvantageous treaty (Treaty of Versailles)
Russia
Germany