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Northern Latitude Zone
Colder than most; Most people lived in the west; Gets little sunlight; Likes the cold so they fight during Winter and uses frozen lake to their advantage
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Northern Latitude Zone
Colder than most; Most people lived in the west; Gets little sunlight; Likes the cold so they fight during Winter and uses frozen lake to their advant...
Great Russian Plain
Rural; Away from cities; Mainly farm
Environment
Less populated cities; More rural; More demanding toughness to survive
Population Triangle
Most lived in the population triangle
Ural Mountains
Division/In both Asia and Europe
West Siberian Plain
Swampy
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Northern Latitude Zone | Colder than most; Most people lived in the west; Gets little sunlight; Likes the cold so they fight during Winter and uses frozen lake to their advantage |
Great Russian Plain | Rural; Away from cities; Mainly farm |
Environment | Less populated cities; More rural; More demanding toughness to survive |
Population Triangle | Most lived in the population triangle |
Ural Mountains | Division/In both Asia and Europe |
West Siberian Plain | Swampy |
Tundra | Arctic desert; Northern and Eastern Russia; Permafrost; Houses are build on stilts |
Taiga | Woodlands; Vast resources |
Trans-Siberian Railroad | A railroad that goes all around Russia; Important because it’s the only way to get to eastern Russia |
Steppe | Vast grassland; Could’ve been the greatest agriculture zone but there weren’t any water |
Chernozem | Rich, dark soil |
Russian Culture | Toughness in people/rulers |
Where did the name Russia come from? | Rurik/Rus |
What characteristics is required to rule Russia? | Intimidating but also forgiving - Toughness so that they wouldn’t get replaced |
Who formed Kievan Rus? | Combination between the Slavics and Vikings because the Slavics had powerful forces/size but the Vikings controlled trade |
Dnieper River | Place north of the Black Sea where the Rus lived; Crossroad of trade between Byzantines, Islamic world, China, and Europe |
Rus | Rurik named the land after himself: “Land of Rurik”; Viking name - called during 9th and 10th century |
Novgorod | Capital when Rurik was Tsar during the 9th century |
Kiev | Largest trading center; Oleg moved Novgorod to Kiev |
Kievan Rus | 9th - 13th centuries; Founded by Rurik |
3 Groups of Russians | Belarus: White Russians; Russia: Russians; Ukraine: Little Russians |
Orthodox Christianity | Introduced by Cyril and Methodius from Byzantines -> Olga becomes the first ruler to be baptized -> New way to see religion and political power; Introduction to Cyrillics (New writing language) |
Rulers of Kievan Rus | Rurik, Oleg, Igor, Olga, Syvatoslav, Vladimir, Yaroslav |
Oleg | Rurik’s relative who moved the capital from Novgorod to Kiev; Raided Constantinople -> Gained immense wealth and cultural diffusion and trade to Mediterranean civilizations through Byzantines |
Rurik | Viking; Slavics people/people of Novgorod requested Rurik to restore order and rule over them -> becomes prince of Novgorod and founded Kievan Rus/Rurik Dynasty |
Igor | Oleg's son/grandson expanded the influence of Kievan Rus but was killed on one of the expeditions |
Olga | Brutal/ferocious after the death of Igor, her husband; Kills everyone in the village that killed Igor - Kill all princes, then forgives them, then burns houses; Baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church -> Becomes 1st ruler of Kievan Rus to be baptized and then becomes a Saint; Showed legitimacy |
Syvatoslav | Olga's son; Didn't convert into Christian; Spread influence across Caspian Sea |
Vladimir I | Syvatoslav's son; Incorporated Orthodox Christianity into the main religion of Kievan Rus -> Christian State; Didn't choose Islam because of dietary restrictions; Didn't choose Judaism because no countries practiced it as their official religion; Didn't choose Catholic Christianity because the Pope was the head of the church but Vladimir wanted to pick the head himself; Wanted caesaropapism - Orthodox Christianity -> close relationship between state and church |
Yaroslav / Yaroslav the Wise | Golden Age of Kievan Rus; Modeled Kiev after Constantinople; Built the St. Sophia Cathedral after the architecture of Hagia Sofia (Byzantines - Justinian); Organized the 1st library; Russkaya Pravda; Spread Orthodox Christianity by extending geological borders to Poland; Created the system of Precedence |