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Stability in leadership

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What Russia lacked/

needed most in this period

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During it, this GAP increased

and this INSTITUTION was

solidified.Show Answer

1.Gap between rich and poor

2.SERFDOMBack to Board

# of decades between

“GREATS”Show Answer

4Back to Board

During the intercession, Russia was plagued by almost constant

warfare.

JEOPARDY: # of wars between 1733 and 1763

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: arrange them in chronological order

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5 Wars:1.1733-35: w/ Austria vs. France

2.1736-39: w/Austria vs. Turkey

3. 1741-43: against Sweden

4. 1746-48: the War of Austrian Succession

5.1756-63: the Seven Yrs. War

w/ Austria, Sweden, & Saxony

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JEOPARDY: # of rulers Russia had

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: List them in order

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6 Rulers:1.Catherine I (1725-27) Peter’s wife

2. Peter II (1727-30) Peter’s grandson

3. Anne (1730-40) Peter’s niece

4. Ivan VI (1740-41) jailed as infant ; died in prison

5. Elizabeth (1741-62) Peter’s daughter

6. Peter III (1762) grandson of namesake,

Peter II

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Not struck by Cupid’s arrow, he preferred

PRUSSIA to RUSSIA and passion was for his TOY SOLDIERS rather

than his GERMAN WIFE. Show Answer

Peter III

(of

Holstein-Gottorp)

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Adultery was dangerous, but childlessness was more dangerous for Sophie of

Anhalt-Zerbst. Although it took her eight years, she finally produced this son, possibly with a little help

from her friends.Show Answer

PAUL

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He and his bros assisted Cathy with her coup and slew the “Monster” who

threatened her.

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Grigory

ORLOVBack to Board

The HERO OF THE CRIMEA, he was the

great love of Catherine II’s life and one of Russia’s greatest

statesmen.Show Answer

Grigory

POTEMKIN

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The lover whom Catherine made Prince of Poland

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Stanislaw

PONIATOWSKI

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WHO, WHY, &

SMART or NOT-SO-SMART:

Although she subscribed to some radical ideas, she began her rule with a couple of non-threatening of governmental

reforms

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Catherine I

SMART to avoid controversial &

radicalism because initially she faced

palpable opposition & questions of legitimacy

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FROM, TO, and SMART oR

NOT-SO-SMART :

color change Peter III ordered for the Russian

militaryShow Answer

from GREEN to

PRUSSIAN BLUE

NOT-SO-SMART because Prussia = the

enemy of RUSSIABack to Board

WHO, WHY, &

SMART or NOT-SO-SMART:

He stripped icons out of the Russian Orthodox Church and

made priests dress like Lutheran ministers, she joined

Russian Orthodox Church in holy baptism and herself re-

Christened.Show Answer

Peter III: offending your country’s official church =

not-so-smart

His German wife (Sophie) honored the church and took the

name Catherine, Russia’s first official TSARINA = SMART because it points to the

precedent

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WHAT, WHY, &

SMART or NOT-SO-SMART:

It was Catherine’s response to the offer of the title “the Great” early in

her rule.

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No, that’s for posterity to decide

SMART

Avoided offense

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WHO, WHAT, WHY, &

SMART or NOT-SO-SMART:

He danced at Elizabeth’s funeral, and then did this as his first official act as

TSAR. Show Answer

Peter IIIDeclared peace with Prussia,

saving Frederick the Great from imminent defeat, because he

adored Freddie

NOT-SO-SMARTReally ticked off the Russian

militaryBack to Board

50/50:

Catherine II’s response to the Pugachev rebellion --

REACTIONARY or REFORM?

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REFORM

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What Pugachev promised in order to secure support

of the peasants

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emancipation

of the serfsBack to Board

River valley which was the

site of the Pugachev Rebellion

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VOLGA

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Name & ethnicity of the

leader of Russia’s most visible and

briefly successful peasant revolt to date

(1773)Show Answer

EMILIAN PUGACHEV

was a

COSSSACK

from the URALSBack to Board

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It was the most visible and briefly successful

peasant revolt in Russian history up to

that point (1773).

PUGACHEV’S REBELLION

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Three basic problems of the______:

1. Military weakness

2. Disorganization

3. Logistical issues

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The REBELS

in

Pugachev’s Rebellion

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CURIOUS or SPURIOUS:

Catherine the Great’s (II) reform of local governance hinged on the geographic restructuring of the empire based on population.

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CURIOUS

Attempted to establish some semblanace of equality

between and among Russia’s many ethnic groups, but

things will get worse when people focus on their

differences!Back to Board

If you control this peninsula, you control the

Black Sea.

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The CRIMEA

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TRANSLATION: Instruction

It was a liberal document that emphasized secular

political institutions operating within legal

parameters.

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The

NAKAZBack to Board

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Established by Catherine the Great in 1767 to serve as a putative legislative

body that could address local and regional issues while providing

information regarding the proper course of action, it proved unwieldy

in the face of the controversial issues of class, ethnicity, religion, and nationality and was eventually

disbanded in 1768.

The Legislative

CommissionBack to Board

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JEOPARDY: Who’s on horseback and why?

DOUBLE JEOPARDY: name the sculptor

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JEOPARDY: Catherine and Peter because “man on horseback” = symbol of dictatorial power; Catherine the Great (II) ordered both to make the connection between herself and Peter the Great (I)

DOUBLE JEOPARDY:, Étienne-Maurice Falconet, completed 1782; St. Petersburg Back to Board

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