Kievan RusThe Beginnings of Russia
CONSTANTINOPLE
BAGHDAD
KIEV
NOVGOROD
SEMI-MYTHICAL VARANGIAN CHIEF
WHO FOUNDED THE CITY OF NOVGOROD & started a dynasty
CONSTANTINOPLE
BAGHDAD
KIEV
NOVGOROD
EVANGELIZED THE SLAVS1ST SLAVIC ALPHABET
1ST SLAVIC RULER TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY“Drink is the joy of the rus”
Formalized THE KIEVAN law codes
GOLDEN AGE OF KIEVAN RUS
(30 children married off)
CONSTANTINOPLE
BAGHDAD
KIEV
NOVGOROD
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Kalka-River
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Kalka-River
Time when Russia was ruled by the
Mongols/Tatars in a feudalistic, exploitatiVE,
& tributary manner.
TRIBUTE
SELF-RULE
BRUTALITY
UNITY IN ART & LANGUAGE
SOME stagnation
Church’s spread & influence
https://geohistory.today/mongol-empire-effects-russia/
https://geohistory.today/mongol-empire-effects-russia/
Key unifier during Mongol rule
“Savior” of Russian culture from
western invasion (Defeated Sweds & Germans)
Slow growth through annexation, taxation,
& manipulation
BATTLE OF Kulikovo
Dmitry Donskoy
IVAN III REFUSES TO PAY TRIBUTE
ENDED MONGOL RULE
Laid foundations for serfdom & law
THE “THIRD ROME”(MARRIED LAST BYZANTINE
PRINCESS, e. ORTHODOXY, TSAR, THE MOSCOW KREMLIN
Great stand on the ugra river
Spasskaya Tower Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Dormition CathedralSaint Basil’s Cathedral