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1231-1241 Golden Horde Conqures Russia
They rule for 150 Years
- Local Rulers as long as taxes paid
- Christianity
- Absolute rule
Ivan I (1328-40)
- First real ruler and founder of Moscow
- Nicknamed "moneybag"
- Collected Tribute for Khan
Ivan II (1353-1359)
- Succeeded Brother Simeon who died of the Black Death
- Pacific ruler
Dmitry Donskoy (1359-1385)
- First Prince to openly challenge Mongol Rule
- Battled Mamai twice
- Later re-stated allegiance to the Mongols
Vasily II (1425-1462)
- Fought in the largest civil war in Old Russian history against Uncle and cousins
Ivan the great (1462-1505)
- Adopted Byzantine court customs
- 1504 made head of church
- First to use title of tsar
- Refused to pay tribute to Khans; freed emire through battle
- spread Russian Rule through modern Northern Russia
Ivan the Terrible (1547-1584)
- Establishes Absolute Rule
- In 1547, he became first official Tsar
- In 1552, Ivan IV conquered the Tartar Kingdom of Kazan
- Revised laws
- Started standing army
- 1560's became unstable and tyrranically paranoid
- Created oprichniki
- contracted surfs to property
By Kebir Gadeo and Max Prybyla
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