Moscow Surpasses Kiev
During the Mongol period, the princes of Moscow steadily increased their power. Their success was due in part to the city’s location near important river trade routes. They also used their positions as tribute collectors for the Mongols to subdue neighboring towns. When the head of the Russian Orthodox Church made Moscow his capital, the city became Russia’s religious center as well as its political center.
Moscow Surpasses Kiev
Analyze Maps Between 1300 and 1584, Russian lands expanded from a small area around Moscow to a large territory. In which period did Novgorod come under Moscow's rule?
Moscow Surpasses Kiev
Ruthless in trying to centralize government, Ivan IV worked to create a class of landed gentry that owed their holdings to the tsar instead of nobles who held their lands as a hereditary right.
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Moscow Surpasses Kiev
During the Mongol period, the princes of Moscow steadily increased their power. Their success was due in part to the city’s location near important river trade routes. They also used their positions as tribute collectors for the Mongols to subdue neighboring towns. When the head of the Russian Orthodox Church made Moscow his capital, the city became Russia’s religious center as well as its political center.
Moscow Surpasses Kiev
Analyze Maps Between 1300 and 1584, Russian lands expanded from a small area around Moscow to a large territory. In which period did Novgorod come under Moscow's rule?
Moscow Surpasses Kiev
Ruthless in trying to centralize government, Ivan IV worked to create a class of landed gentry that owed their holdings to the tsar instead of nobles who held their lands as a hereditary right.
Quiz: Moscow Surpasses Kiev
Feudal Monarchs Consolidate Their Powers
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