Very broad overview of Russian History from c. 1000 - c. 1750 CE. A story of three capitals: Kiev, Moscow, St. Petersburg

1. A Very Basic Outline

2. Kiev: Moscow: St. Petersburg:
1st Russian 2nd Russian 3rd Russian
State State State

3.  Rivers
 Slavs + Vikings
 Byzantine roots
 Eastern Roman Empire
 Greek cultural influence
 Orthodox Christianity
 Conquered by Mongols

5. Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir, by Viktor
Vasnetsov, 1890
Saint Sophia Cathedral , Ukraine, c. 1037

7.  Moscow
 Political center: Prince→
Czar (Tsar)
 Religious center:
Orthodox Christianity
 Expanded
 Russian Empire
Ivan the Great Bell Tower, built 1505-1508,
exact center of Moscow

8.  Kremlin=fortress
 Origin of
Moscow
 Home to
 Orthodox
Churches
 Czars
 Communist
leaders
 Presidents of
Russia
 Government

9.  Next to the
Kremlin
 Red (krasnaya)
can mean
“beautiful”
 Central square
 Department
Store
 Churches
 Museums
 Streets

12. Muscovy=Grand Duchy of Moscow

13.  Peter the Great
 More Expansion!
 Baltic & Black Seas
 Enormous palaces
showed the wealth of
the Czar