HST 328 Lecture 1: 1_27 Notes
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The rus" had no order: invited the varangians and the viking riurik to establish order. Interested in tributes - recruited local elites to deliver mongol tribute. Muscovites used their ability to deliver tribute to be able to gain power - absorbed neighbors who had been weakened by the mongols. Gathering of the russian lands - late 15th-16th century. Muscovy controlled the majority of what is now european russia, except for a part in the north, land near the baltics (novgorod) and in the west (emerging. Belief in the third rome and the next byzantium. End of riurikide dynasty with ivan iv (ivan the terrible); regency of godunov leading to time of troubles (1598-1613) Led to multiple invasions from the swedes (who were becoming a central power) and poles (who actually took moscow) Invitation to michael romanov and founding of romanov dynasty, 1613. From grand principality to empire (moscow to st. petersburg) (alexei)
