RUSSIAN CZARS

JUST SO YOU KNOW

• Czar- Caesar in Russian
• It can be spelled Tsar, Tzar, Csar or Czar

PETER I

• Life(1672-1725)
• Reign(1682-1725)
• Known to have a boisterous personality
• Ruled jointly with half-brother until 1696
• Gave himself the title "peter the great"

PETER I : ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Built St. Petersburg
• Established Russia's navy
• He centralized the government

FEODOR I

• Life(1557-1598)
• Reign(1584-1598)
• Was amused by the sound of church bells
• Parents were Ivan the terrible and his first wife, Anastasia
• Married Irina Godunov and they produced no children

FEODOR I: ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Took no part in government
• Left all duties to his brother in law, Boris Godunov

IGOR OF KIEV

• Known as greedy, rapacious, and unsuccessful

IGOR'S SORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Led expeditions to Transcaucasia that ended badly
• Led two expeditions to Byzantine which ended in "Greek fire"

IVAN THE TERRIBLE

• Life(1530-1584)
• Reign(1533-1584)
• Took reign at 3, after his father's death
• Was maltreated as a young boy

IVAN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Order many churches built but most famously, St. Peter's bascilia
• Conquered Kazan and astrakhan(known as the best part of his reign)

NICHOLAS II

• Life(1868-1917)
• Reign(1894-1917)
• Last czar of Russia

NICHOLAS' ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Had few
• Held responsible for "Bloody Sunday"
• Also for the poor army efforts during WWI

NICHOLAS' DEATH

• On July 17, 1918, Nicholas and his family were murdered
• There has also been speculations that his daughter, Anastasia survived

BIRTHDAY FACTS FOR GIBBY

• 1969- the Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York
• 1913- Panama Canal opens for traffic
• 1057-King Macbeth of Scotland is killed by Malcom

BIRTHDAY FACTS FOR LOREN

• 1776- The country is renamed the "United States of America"
• 1942- japan bombs u.s. mainland
• 1850- California becomes 31st state in record time

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Cohn, Ed."improve!"National Academic quiz tournaments...
• Kubilius, Kerry, "Famousrussianczars,"Eastern Europe travel. About.com
• "The unknown Russia: dissolving the myths," get russianalized-russianpedia
• History.com/September 9 and August 15/sites