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A timeline of Russian Tsars

Created by 11clehouillier on Apr 16, 2009

Last updated: 04/21/09 at 11:53 AM

• Peter's plan for Russian Westernization
  1721

  Peter the Great wanted to change Russia's society, so in 1721 he started Russian Westernization. He changed woman's right, religion, and many other things.
  http://econc10.bu.edu/economic_systems/NatIdentity/FSU/Russia/Westernization.html

• St.Petersburg
  1703

  This would later become the capital of Russia in 1712. He wanted a summer and winter palace built here, this was his dream.
  http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/first-years.asp

• Peter I" The Great"? Tzar??
  1682

  Peter took the throne in 1682. That is the year his brother died.
  http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great.htm

• Ivan's death Before Chess??
  Mar 18, 1584

  Ivan the Terrible died on March 18, 1584. He suddenly died while preparing for a game of chess.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/2830/biography.html

• Oprichniki of Ivan the Terrible
  1569

  The Oprichniki of Ivan the Terrible are a form of secret service/ mob. Ivan used them to get people that opposed him and to show he was their leader.
  http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa042701b.htm

• St. Basil's Cathedral built by Ivan
  1561

  St. Basil's Cathedral was commissioned by Ivan 1555-1561. It was built to commemorate Ivan's great military campaign against the Tartar Mongols in Kazan.
  http://www.moscow-taxi.com/churches/st-basils-cathedral.html

• Ivan The terrible Crowned
  Jan 1547

  On January 16, 1547, Ivan The Terrible was crowned king of all Russians. He was crowned at Moscow's lavish Cathedral of Assumption.
  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Stage/2830/biography.html