GEOG 1001 Chapter : Russian Domain
Document Summary
Political developments: tsars, serfdom, 1917 revolution, the soviet union, 1991 break-up. Origins: nomadic pastoralists, meat, milk, fiber, lived on their animals, slavs (including rus, farmers emerged in poland, ukraine, belarus (they started to form settlements, founded settlements, kiev 480 ad, moscow 1100. The mongols: loose confederation of nomadic pastoral people c. a, 13th century, moscow ruler"s, tax collectors, 14th century, pushed out. Tsars: ivan the terrible, first slavic ruler to gain title of czar, conquered mongols, russian expansion, cossacks, semi-nomadic peoples, russian kings or emperors, hereditary succession. Serfdom: mid 1600s 1861, serfs beholden to landowners or the state, not ethnically based, bound to the land, ~80% of population (not ethnically based or bought and sold) leased land, no free movement. Peter the great: st. petersburg, founder of modern russia, forward capital, deliberately positioned to signify the state"s interest, look to the west. Tsarina catherine the great: expanded russian empire, southern russia, ukraine, warm-water coastline of black sea.
