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| this region was invaded by a Viking tribe called ____, and the region became known as the "Land of the ____" or Russia |
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| Russia fell to the invading Mongol horders, who controlled Russia for nearly 250 years. During this time, the town of _______ rose to prominence. |
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also known as "Ivan the Great", he was prince of Moscow, and he drove the Mongols from power and expanded Russia's borders through conquest/
he became the first true national leader of a united Russia |
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| Ivan the Great's grandson, Ivan IV took the title czar but became known as this because of his cruelty |
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| became czar, beginning the Romanpv dynasty, which lasted for over 300 years |
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| Russian territoral expansion continued eastward to the Pacific coast of _________. |
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| the greatest and most capable of Romanov czars |
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| a port city that served as both Peter's new capital and his "window to the west" |
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| embraced western ideas, especially Voltaire's ideas, exhibiting her desire to rule by principles of reason and benevolence |
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| successfully led Russia in a long and vicioius struggle with Napoleon |
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| Alaska and the Oregon territory |
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| Alexander also promoted Russian colonization in North America, specifically in the region between _________. |
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| Alexanders successor, he immediately faced trouble from the revolutionaries furing the Decembrist Revolt |
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| this was a failure for Russia, causing the loss of both land and prestige. |
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| became known as the "Czar Liberator", because he feed the serfs |
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| he determined to crush all opposition to the throne |
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| Alexander III made the Jews in Russia rhe 'scapegoats' for his father's assassination, forcing them to live in certain provinces, and subjecting them to periodic, organized massacres |
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| he proved to be a weak ruler who showed little strength of character in the face of serious political problems. |
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| The czar lost much prestige after Russia's unexpected and humiliating defeat by Japan in the __________. |
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| a priest led a large crowd into the czar's palace at St. Petersburg, to present a petition of grievances. At the palace, troops fired on the crowd, killing several hundred people. |
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| a priest led a large crowd into the czar's palace at St. Petersburg, to present a petition of grievances. At the palace, troops fired on the crowd, killing several hundred people. |
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| an elected legislative body with limited powers |
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| resembled a Western representative democracy |
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| the Provisional Goverment had come unfer the leadership of ________, the leader of Russia's Labor Party. |
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| the most dangerous communist revolutionary in Russia, he became a zealous convert to Marxism during the days at the university |
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| they wanted a broad party memorship that included socialists and liberal democrats and advocated more peaceful methods for social change |
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| they followed Lenin's theory of a party restricted to professional revolutionaries |
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| Lenin's chief henchman, who was a Russian Jew |
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| councils of workers, soldiers, and peasants all over Russia |
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| the Bolshevik Revolution successfullt toppled the Provisional government |
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| The "Red Terror"/the revolutionary terror |
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| there is only one means to curtail, simplify, and localize the bloody agony of the old society and the bloody birth-pangs of the new, only one means-______________ |
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| a secret police organization |
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