Sunday, January 30, 2011
Global Power
One of Ivan's accomplishments was when he destructed the Tatar khanates of Kazan in 1552 and Astrakhan in 1556. Only the Crimean Tatars were unconquered by Moscow. Since they had Kazan and Atsrakhan, Moscow extended to the Urals in the east and the Caspian Sea in the south. Also, Russia expanded east, beyond the Urals, and established itself in Siberia. One of Ivan's ambitions, which was to gain contact with the West, was achieved. During 1553 an English sea captain ended up on the Russian shore and made his way to Moscow. Before he left, he became a founder of the Moscow Company, that Ivan gave special privileges to.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Works Cited
Works Cited
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Economical Influence
Ivan became very upset and angry because of the death of his wife, Anastasia. Ivan, thinking it was because of murder, went insane. He took revenge on the Russian nobles by torturing families. Ivan thought: if God is so cruel as to take away my wife, than I should be cruel as well. Peasant girls were raped and used for target practice by the Oprichniks. Ivan was ruthless towards opposition. He murdered thousands of nobles and had the head of the Russian church murdered. Ivan practically had the whole city of Novgorod destroyed. Over 15,000 people were tortured. He held massive executions at the red square, which killed over 300 government and military officials all within the same day.
Religious Influence
Makary, a metropolitan, had an influence on Ivan the Terrible. At age 16, Ivan took his advice on becoming a czar and marrying Anastasia Romanova Zakharina. Makary's goal was to make Moscow the new center of Christianity. Ivan was known as the principal temporal ruler of Christendom. Makary searched church documents, trying to find legends of Russian holy men and brought together two church synods to proclaim Russian saints.
Political Influence
Ivan IV had many aims, and a key to these aims was a strong central government. Ivan followed in his father's path by bringing new lands under Muscovite control. Also, he created a strong military, which contained a regular force of paid soldiers. With his army, Ivan defeated the Khanatesto the east. When they conquered Kazan and Astrakhan, Russia recieved control over the Volga region. The state gained easy access to the Caspian Sea and important connections with Persia, China, and India.
Geographical Influence
Ivan decided to go against the Tatars in some campaigns from 1547 and 1552, which destroyed the power of the Turkish invaders and added on their lands along the Volga River. When he went back to his capital he said to the boyars "Now I no longer fear you!". He then ruled as an autocrat. Ivan's next campaign, which was to get Russia an outlet to the Baltic Sea, ended dreadfully, and he was forced to get help from Pope Gregory XIII. Ivan the Terrible got even more power with the institution of the oprichnina.
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