Unit 8 Chapter 2 Tsarist Russia

Russia was ruled as an autocracy, no controls on the power of the monarch, known as the ____

Tsar chose _________ and senior Church leaders to serve as ministers.

• royal families

• peasants

Tsar commanded the k__gh_s to protect him & his family.

________, a German-born princess, married with the Emperor of Russia - Peter III during 1745–1762, at the age of 16 yo.

• Catherine II

• Mary I

• Elizabeth I

On 28 june 1762, Catherine staged a coup and had her ______ arrested, forcing him to sign a document to confirm her succession of throne.

• husband

• son

• father

• grandson

The coronation of Catherine II took place in the Assumption Cathedral on 22 September 1762, ruled ___ years.

• 14

• 34

During Catherine reign, she invited Enlightenment thinkers to establish _______ reform, increase the schools and champion the arts.

• educational

• construction

Under Catherine leadership, the Russian empire gained victories against Poland and the _____.

• Ottomans

• France

On December 1825, 3,000 officers & soldiers prevent the new Tsar to force the establishment of _________ government in Russia, which meant setting laws to govern a country instead of governing by the only Tsar.

• constitutional

• institutional

In 1861 Tsar Alexander II freed 23 million _____, allowed them to own property & choose where to work.

• peasants / serfs

• knights / armies