GEOG 1001 Chapter : Ch 9 Notes Russian Domain
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Political developments: tsars, serfdom, 1917 revolution, the soviet union, 1991 break-up. Origins: nomadic pastoralists, meat, milk, fiber provided by herds of sheep, horses, etc, russians we normally focus on are those of the western half in. Europe (ethnic russians: slavs (including rus, farmers emerged in poland, ukraine, belarus, founded settlements while moving east, kiev 480 a. d, moscow 1100. In 12th century, the mongols, a loose confederation of nomadic pastoral people captured ukraine and russia: 13th century, moscow"s ruler"s, moscow rulers were tax collectors for mongols, 14th century, pushed out under ivan the terrible. Cossacks: semi-nomadic (ukraine, slavic speaking christians, helped russians settle siberia by 17th century. Serfs were never sold around like slave in the us. Tsarina catherine the great: expanded russian empire, southern russia, ukraine, warm-water coastline of black sea, establish port cities that can navigable all year by conquering these areas. ***in 1867, the united states bought alaska for . 2 million.
