Revival of Russia

1
Revival of Russia

• The Mongols had not reshaped basic Russian
  culture.
• Literacy declined and the economy became purely
  agricultural and dependent on peasant labor.
• Slavery existed into the 18th century
  (agriculture).
• Eliminates nomadic invasions, becomes
  multicultural (Muslim population allowed).

2
Ivan III

• Centralized Rule
• Supervision over all Orthodox churches
• Ivan IV continued Expansion and increased the
  power of the Tsar by killing many of the
  nobility.
• Expansion focused on central Asia to Caspian Sea
  and Ural Mts and into Western Siberia.
• Loyal Nobles and bureaucrats received land grants
  in the territories.

3
The Tsars

• The tsars began contacts with the West
• Ivan III dispatched diplomatic mission to West
• Ivan IV established trading contacts with British
  merchants.

4
Romanov Policy

• Time of Troubles
• After Ivan IV dies, no heir.
• Boyars try to control government and chose a
  member of the Romanov family as Tsar.
• T.O.T. ends without placing lasting restrictions
  on the Tsar
• Alexis Romanov increases tsars authority
  abolishing assemblies of nobles and state control
  over church.

5
Serfdom

• 16th Century the government encouraged enserfment
  to define classes.
• 1649 act made serfdom hereditary and other laws
  tied them to the land and augmented the legal
  rights of landlords.
• Serfs were almost slaves. They were bought,
  sold, and punished by owners.

6
Serfdom

• Labored on large estates to produce grain for the
  West. In return, the westerns brought the serfs
  owners manufactured and luxury items.
• Remained poor, illiterate they paid high taxes
  and performed extensive labor services in mining
  and manufacturing too.
• Their condition deteriorated throughout the
  eighteenth century.