Rise of the Moskovites

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1231-1241 Golden Horde Conqures Russia
They rule for 150 Years

• Local Rulers as long as taxes paid
• Christianity
• Absolute rule

Ivan I (1328-40)

• First real ruler and founder of Moscow
• Nicknamed "moneybag"
• Collected Tribute for Khan

Ivan II (1353-1359)

• Succeeded Brother Simeon who died of the Black Death
• Pacific ruler

Dmitry Donskoy (1359-1385)

• First Prince to openly challenge Mongol Rule
• Battled Mamai twice
• Later re-stated allegiance to the Mongols

Vasily II (1425-1462)

• Fought in the largest civil war in Old Russian history against Uncle and cousins

Ivan the great (1462-1505)

• Adopted Byzantine court customs
• 1504 made head of church
• First to use title of tsar
• Refused to pay tribute to Khans; freed emire through battle
• spread Russian Rule through modern Northern Russia

Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584)

• Establishes Absolute Rule
• In 1547, he became first official Tsar
• In 1552, Ivan IV conquered the Tartar Kingdom of Kazan
• Revised laws
• Started standing army
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• 1560's became unstable and tyrranically paranoid
• Created oprichniki
• contracted surfs to property

By Kebir Gadeo and Max Prybyla

Rise of the Moskovites