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| body of water near St. Petersburg |
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| a reason why Russia is an enigma |
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| it's caught between the influences of the West and East |
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Russia is bordered by:
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Poland, China, Ukraine
many borders = many invasions |
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when the world started paying attention to Russia
important countries at the time |
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17th century
Spain (empire), Portugal (empire), Dutch (merchant ships, naval fleet), France (culture), Italy (Renaissance), England (empire) |
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| when did Peter the Great reign? |
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| Peter's reasoning for his power |
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God put him on the throne
had unlimited political and monetary means |
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implemented legal code based on England's
founded Academy of Sciences
built great buildings
founded St. Petersburg
founded the merchant and military fleet based on Dutch
caused an exodus from countryside to towns |
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| When was St. Petersburg founded |
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| why was St. Petersburg founded? |
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Moscow had no sea access
"Window to the West" to open trade
became cosmopolitan international city
used architects from Germany and Italy |
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| problems with St. Petersburg founding |
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marshy, hard to build city
millions of slaves died of malaria, "City on Bones" |
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| what did Peter bring to Russia? |
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| what was Peter like and what did he do in his free time? |
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| large and mean man collected circus people |
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| 1725, drowned in Baltic Sea |
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