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Trade and Empires: Kievan Russia Overview

Explore the significance of trade in shaping Kievan Russia's growth, ethnicities, governance, and the impact of Mongol rule. Learn about the rise of Moscow and Ivan the Terrible's reign. Discover the religious and social influences in this historical landscape.

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Trade and Empires: Kievan Russia Overview

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  1. World Civilizations Week 6 Bell #112/07/10 • Think about the importance of trade to a country. • What goods can Americans buy as a result of foreign trade?

  2. D.R.S.L.s • Explain why different peoples settled in Eastern Europe. • Describe how Kievan Russia differed from the Byzantine Empire? • Identify the ways in which Mongol rule affected Kievan Russia • Describe the effects of Moscow’s growing power and independence.

  3. Assignment • Complete the Chapter 10.2-3 Guided Reading assignment.

  4. Kiev http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Ancient_Rus.PNG

  5. Kievan Geography • Carpathians to the Urals • Large open plain • Northern Taiga • Forest • Rain • Short growing season • Southern Steppe • Grassy • Milder climate • Longer growing season • Urals form the boundary between Europe and Asia • Eurasia • Rivers for trade and transportation • Dniester • Dnieper • Don

  6. Peoples • Many different ethnicities settled eastern Europe. • Kiev and Novgorod were in demand • Trade routes East and South (map pg. 230). • Rurik leader of the Rus gained control of Novgorod and Kiev • Favorable trade treaty with Byzantium • Kiev became capital of Russia (300 years)

  7. Slavic Tribes http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/russia/Kiev900.jpg

  8. Kievan Rus Ethnicities http://allrussias.com/images/pre_pe1.gif

  9. Government • Princes • Boyars • Veche (town meeting) • Yaroslav the Wise • Built churches • Pravda Ruskia

  10. Religion • Missionaries introduced Christianity to Russia A.D. 800s • Vladimir I • Sent observers to many churches • Hagia Sophia • Anna (Byzantine Emperor’s sister) • Converted A.D. 988 • Ties with Constantinople • Paganism continued

  11. Economy

  12. Social Classes

  13. The Mongols • Polovtsy A.D.1055 • Interfered with trade • Turkish • New trade routes from Italy • Mongols • Controlled every city in Kievan Russia by A.D. 1240 • 1242 attacked Hungary and Poland • Returned to Russia • Ruled until late A.D. 1400s

  14. Mongol Influence • Heavy taxation • Allowed local rule and customs • Roads • Communication (words) • Customs,traditions and patterns of behavior

  15. Kievan Russia and Poland • A.D. 1300s Poland and Lithuania took territory • Poles were Roman Catholic • Suspicions developed

  16. Rise of Moscow • Independent princes ruled much of Russia • Ivan I • Led Muscovy to forefront • Cooperated with Mongols • Ivan the Great • Leader of Orthodox Church moved to Moscow • Ivan III • Also the Great • Gained independence from Mongols A.D. 1480 • United many principalities • Military conquest • Began long tradition of absolute monarchy in Russia

  17. Ivan IV • Three years old when he became ruler A.D. 1533 • Boyars in control • A.D. 1547 took the title of czar (caesar) • Able administer • Modernized the legal code • Renewed trade with Western Europe • Opened Siberia • Built the power of the monarchy • Built St. Basil’s Cathedral • Highly religious

  18. Ivan the Terrible • Oprichniki • Civil servants • Arrested boyars and took their land • Destroyed Novgorod • Murdered his oldest son • Burned Priests who questioned him

  19. Russian Church • Major Russian landowner • Independent from Constantinople • Became center of Eastern Orthodoxy after fall of Constantinople A.D. 1453 • Third Rome • Onion domes

  20. St. Basil’s Cathedral

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