Czarist Leaders of Russia Review (HWC)

This ruler is known for creating the first Russian state, called Kievan Rus.

• Ivan III "Great"

• Peter I "Great"

• Catherine II "Great"

• Rurik

• Boris Godunov

Conquering the western portion of Russia as part of the "Golden Horde" is one of my main accomplishments.

• Boris Godunov

• Ivan III "Great"

• Alexander II

• Batu Khan

• Nicholas II

I am nicknamed "the Gatherer of Russian Lands" for ending Mongol rule in 1480 and consolidating Muscovite rule.

• Alexander I

• Ivan IV "Terrible"

• Ivan III "Great"

• Batu Khan

• Boris Godunov

I am known as the first Russia leader to be crowned "tsar" and for starting the system of feudalism & serfdom.

• Catherine II "Great"

• Ivan III "Great"

• Peter I "Great"

• Ivan IV "Terrible"

• Rurik

I attempted to modernize Russia by creating a new capital at St. Petersburg & creating Russia's first naval fleet.

• Batu Khan

• Peter I "Great"

• Alexander II

• Nicholas II

• Catherine II "Great"

I was given the nickname an "Enlightened Monarch" for attempting to bring western Renaissance culture to Russia. Art, improved education, reformed Govt., etc.

• Ivan III "Great"

• Batu Khan

• Catherine II "Great"

• Peter I "Great"

• Alexander III

My main legacy is emancipating the serfs in 1861 and selling Alaska to the U.S. in 1867.

• Alexander I

• Nicholas II

• Alexander II

• Peter I "Great"

• Alexander III

My inability to solve Russia's economic, social, & political problems would lead to the end of the tsarist period in Russia. Who am I?

• Alexander III

• Nicholas II

• Alexander II

• Alexander I

• Peter I "Great"

I am best known for conquering the cities of Ladoga & Novgorod and for establishing trade from the Baltic to Byzantium.

• Rurik

• Batu Khan

• Ivan III "Great"

• Ivan IV "Terrible"

• Boris Godunov

Some historians believe that my reign would not allow European Renaissance ideas into Russia.

• Rurik

• Ivan III "Great"

• Batu Khan

• Ivan IV "Terrible"

• Boris Godunov