The Czars of Russia

By wisthmor
  • Period: Oct 19, 1462 to

    The Czars of Russia

  • Oct 1, 1505

    Ivan The Great

    Ivan The Great
    • Grand Pince of Moscow and all of Russia *During his reign, the state gained independence from Mongol Tatars. *Expanded Moscows border making it the center focus of the Russian world. *1470 he launched war against the Novogord princedom. Conquered in 1478. *Tripled the territory of his state and became the "gather" of Russian land. *His first wife Maria of Tverin died in 1467. *Got remarried to Sofia. Sht brought with her customs of the Byzantine court and
  • Oct 2, 1505

    Ivan the Great

    Ivan the Great
    and she brought more openness to European culture.
    By: Morgan Wisth

  • Ivan the Terrible

    Ivan the Terrible
    1 Ivan was a good reader with 800 Greek/Latin manuscripts 2 Ivan came into power at age 16 3 Ivan created a large and powerful army and centralized his government 4 Ivan destroyed the Tatar army bases of Kazan and Astrakhan 5 Under Ivan Russia took over Siberia 6 A cathedral was built to commemorate the fall of Kazan, Ivan blinded the architects because it was so good 7 Oprichniki were black riders that killed people who resisted Ivan 8 1570 Ivan led an attack with the Oprichniki that killed tho

  • Ivan the Terrible

    Ivan the Terrible
    with the Oprichniki that killed thousands in the town of Novogorood 9 Ivan attacked the West and but didn’t gain ground and the economy weakened 10 With the weak economy the Tatars attacked and set fire to Moscow (Ivan was poisioned).
    By: Vince Christensin

  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great
    *One of Russias greatest statesmen.
    *First steps he took were campaigns of 1695-1696
    *Traveled to Europe to help improve Russias defences by getting allies.
    * Alwayas was involed with wars.
    *Hated Moscow so took over Finland to make St. Petersburg.
    By: James Henkel

  • Catherine The Great

    Catherine The Great
    • Expanded Russias territory and political knowledge
    • Often compared to Peter the Great and was set to put her heart into people.
    • Was told that she wouldnt enjoy being empress for long.
    • Helped increased Russias economic affairs.
    • Increased uses of music and art and the science academy of art.
    • Divored Peter the Great and had him arrested for life.
    • Catherine the 2nd brought an exanded era of peace to Russia. By:James Henkel By: James Henkel

  • Nicholous 1

    Nicholous 1
    *Not brought up to be Emperor. Third son of Czar Paul 1.
    *Remembered as the most reactionary of Russians monarch.
    *Interested in enginering and military affaris.
    *Steamlined Russias code of laws and its finacial and education systems.
    *Expanded Russias territory gaining control of far East adn pushing borders towards Pacific rim.
    *Died in 1855 after catching a cold.
    *People thought he had posioned himself after learning of one of Russians military defeats.
    By: Morgan Wisth and James Henkle

  • Alexander II

    Alexander II
    *Recieved a broad and vast education
    *Lost control of Poland due to revolts.
    *Got rid of surfdoms and opened more schools
    *Alexander got the nickname, "The Liberator"
    *Became a victim of many murder attempts
    *Alexander the Great's carriage was bombed in St. Petersburg before he could give Russia a Constitution.
    *Became tsar at age 36 because his dad died.

  • Alexander III

    Alexander III
    1 During his rule Russia never fought a war 2 He took a weak Russian economy and made it prosper 3 He took the throne after his father was assassinated 4 He threw out his father’s plans and introduced “absolute autocracy” 5 He toughened Russia’s security, killed terrorists, and censored the press 6 Any and all liberal protests were dismissed and “autocracy” grew 7 He promoted trade and put a tariff of some sort of imports 8 He almost eliminated all of Russia’s debt 9 He started to build the Tran

  • Alexander III

    Alexander III
    -Siberian Railroad
    By: Vince Christensen

  • Nicholas II

    Nicholas II
    *Last Emperor of Russia
    *Born May 6, 1868
    *Nicholas ascended the throne in 1894 after his fathers unexpected death.
    *Had five children- Child, Aleksey was diagnosed with hemophilia
    *Confirmed autocrat, like his farther.
    *1904- took his country to wat in Japan.
    *Russia's defeat ruined monarchys pestige which lead to a revolution in 1905 known as Bloody Sunday.
    *1914- Went into World War I after wanting to prevent a German invasion of Europe.
    By:Morgan Wisth