Russian Czars

By wetoroli
  • Period: Oct 19, 1462 to

    Russian Czars

  • Oct 31, 1462

    Ivan the Great

    Ivan the Great
    -grand prince of Moscow
    -made Moscow the center of the Russian world by considerably expanding boundaries
    -gained independence from the Mongol Tartars
    -launched a war against the Novgorod princedom and conquered in 1478
    -as a result of two wars with Lithuiania, he forced Alexander I to give up a score of towns BRAYAN MARTINEZ
  • Oct 19, 1530

    Ivan the Terrible

    Ivan the Terrible
    -crowned czar when just 16
    -pressed his country to expansion into Serbia annexing a large Muslum population
    -army defeated the Kazan Army in 1552
    -made a western expantion to the Baltic Sea
    -was defeated in 1571 when Crimean Taters invaded Moscow. Peace then followed. THOMAS GUENTHER

  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great
    -one of Russia's greatest statesme, Peter was the first Emperor of Russia
    -started the Northern War
    -St. Petersburg became capital in 1712
    -harsh woriking conditions and heavy taxtation provoked revolts but uprisings were immediately put down OLIVIA WETOR

  • Catherine the Great

    Catherine the Great
    -made great progress in her party by improving administrations and expanding territory
    -increased Russia's power to control neighboring countries
    -was ruler in the Turkish War 1768-1774
    -carried out Russia's first legal reform
    -pushed to make St. Petersburg capital, that is why it is so dazzling today THOMAS GUENTHER

  • Nicholas I

    Nicholas I
    -Remembered as the most reactionary of Russia's monarchs
    -felt pushed to act and declared himself Emperor
    -motto was "autocracy, Orthodoxy, and nationality"
    -expanded Russia's territory
    -died from a cold OLIVIA WETOR

  • Alexander II

    Alexander II
    • began to think of bringing an end to serfdom -in 1861, Russia became one of the last countries in Europe to shake off serfdom -tightened police oppression and increased censorship of the press -encouraged the development of trade and industry and imposed customs duties on imported goods -was a deeply moral and honest man OLIVIA WETOR

  • Alexander III

    Alexander III
    -father was assassinated
    -was made czar in March 1881
    -executed all involved in father's death
    -an honest and moral man full of kindness
    -tightened police oppression and increased censorship of the press
    -encouraged the development of trade and industry
    BRAYAN MARTINEZ

  • Nicholas II

    Nicholas II
    -the last Emperor of Russia, oldest son on Tsar Alexander III
    -in 1904, took his country into the Japanese War
    -Russia lost to Japan, leading to the revolution in 1905 now called Bloddy Sunday
    -created a parlament, the state duma, Russia's first nationally elected assembly which meant to give the people a voice
    -his family was executed, all five children to eliminate any possibilty of restoring the tsar to throne. THOMAS GUENTHER