Absolutism+in+Russia-Peter+the+Great

= ﻿Absolute Rulers of Russia =

= ﻿I. OBJECTIVE: Students will read about absolute rulers of Russia in order to write = = a letter from the perspective of a Russian serf. =

= II. WARMUP: IVAN THE TERRIBLE 5 W's = = WHERE: Where was Ivan III from? = = WHO: Who was Ivan the Terrible? = = WHAT: What is a TSAR/CZAR? = = WHEN: When was Ivan's "good" rule? When was his "terrible" rule? = = WHY: Why was he called Ivan the Terrible? =

= ---Hunted down boyars because he thought they were traitors = = --->killed his son and the boyars' family members and peasants = = --->took their land and gave the land to those he selected = = = =III. INTRODUCTION: Peter the Great's WESTERNIZATION=

= (farmers owned by land-owning boyars) = || = serfs began winning their freedom hundreds of years earlier. = || = Problems to Reform Peter the Great's solutions = = 1. Russians did not want change. = Increased his power as absolute monarch = 2. Russian Orthodox Church too strong. = Abolished the Patriarch and created his own office. Also made himself the head of the church.
 * = Russia = || = Western Europe = ||
 * = serfs remained until mid 1800's =
 * = Geographically isolated from Western Europe = || = Developed without interaction from Russia = ||
 * = Russia remained undeveloped, agricultural and backwards = || = Serfs moved to cities, took manufacturing jobs. Cities began growing and industrializing. = ||
 * = Backwards, outdated army = || = Modern armies with new weapons and tactics. = ||
 * = No schools for navigation or science education = || = Public schools opened in some countries = ||

= 3. Landowners (boyars) had too much power. = Reduced power, took their land and gave power and land to the lower-class people.

= 4. Russian army untrained/weapons outdated. = Hired European officers to  train Russian army. Modernized the army. Raised taxes. Increased the size to 200,000 men, who became soldiers for life. European weapons.

= 5. Russia needed a port for travel to West. = Peter fought Sweden to gain a seaport. About 25,000-100,000 peasants died while building St. Petersburg.

= 6. St. Petersburg needed people to live there. = Forced the boyars to move to St. Petersburg. Army forced the serfs to move to St. Petersburg.