Yeah! Happy Cold Day! Blog #4 due Tuesday, January 20th.
Who is the most influential person in early Russian history?
In class today, we talked about the monk, Cyril, who helped bring the written language to the Russian people by mashing the Hebraic and Greek alphabet together around 800-900 C.E./ A.D. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius
Also, there was Prince Vladimir who converted to Christianity and then made Eastern Orthodox the official religion of the Russian realm wen it split with the Roman Catholic Church in 1054 C.E./ A.D. Prince Vladimir: http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/saints/vladimir_prince.htm
Could your candidate be Ivan the Great who shifted the center of power to Moscow in the 15th Century? He strengthened the Russian empire by expanding its boundaries. Wikipedia's site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_III_of_Russia
Sometimes, your candidate for most influential could be in a negative way. Ivan the Terrible of the 16th Century set the Russian people back two centuries by pushing them farther into feudalism. He also influenced Russia in other negative ways. Most of the bad stuff during his reign, however, came in the latter half of his life after his wife died and his paranoia rose to unbelievable proportions.
Who is the most influential person in early Russian history?
In class today, we talked about the monk, Cyril, who helped bring the written language to the Russian people by mashing the Hebraic and Greek alphabet together around 800-900 C.E./ A.D. Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius
Also, there was Prince Vladimir who converted to Christianity and then made Eastern Orthodox the official religion of the Russian realm wen it split with the Roman Catholic Church in 1054 C.E./ A.D. Prince Vladimir: http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/english/saints/vladimir_prince.htm
Could your candidate be Ivan the Great who shifted the center of power to Moscow in the 15th Century? He strengthened the Russian empire by expanding its boundaries. Wikipedia's site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_III_of_Russia
Sometimes, your candidate for most influential could be in a negative way. Ivan the Terrible of the 16th Century set the Russian people back two centuries by pushing them farther into feudalism. He also influenced Russia in other negative ways. Most of the bad stuff during his reign, however, came in the latter half of his life after his wife died and his paranoia rose to unbelievable proportions.
Ivan the Terrible and some of the famous people in history he's connected to: http://www.nndb.com/people/933/000092657/
Or is your candidate Peter the Great who strove to modernize Russia by catapulting it into the 18th Century? History Learning site (domestic, military, and government achievements at the bottom of the page) on Pete: http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/peter_the_great.htm
150 words minimum - Due Tuesday, January 20th.
28 comments:
Maria Schweiss
1/15/09
There were many people that were very influential for early Russian history but I would have to say the most influential person to the development of early Russian and former Soviet Union would be Cyril, a monk spreading Christianity on Russia. Cyril developed the Russian’s first written language Cyrillic in 800-900 AD, this language is still somewhat used today. Without the development of Cyrillic, a language based upon the Greek and Hebrew languages, there would be nothing for the rest of Russian development to be based on. The formation of a written language would be the foundation of further development for Russia. Without Cyril Russia would have been behind other countries that had already developed their written language. Though many people in early Russian history were very influential to the development of Russia little could have been accomplished without a written language of Cyril. Cyril was the most influential person in early Russian history because if he didn’t bring the alphabet none of the other future developments would have been the way they were.
Mark Gastineau (again)
2nd hour
The person who has contributed the present day Russia in my opinion is Ivan the terrible. He might not have had a good impact on Russia but he was a terrible leader. He was the third grandson of Ivan the great. I think that because he made the secret police and he set the country back a couple centuries. If he hadn’t done that many of the worlds events might not have played the way they had. Maby the USSR wouldn’t have gained the power they had if they had a strong central and wouldn’t have become communist. Maby then the USA would not have been so involved in the middle east because we would not have been in the afgahnistan war. I think that someone who hurts a country affects it more than someone who leads it in the right direction. Because it takes more effort to come back from resesion, then to join one.
Cheyenne Stone- first hour
I think that the most important and influential person in early Russian history was Peter the Great. I think this for a few reasons. First of all Russians wanted to become more advanced, and Peter the great wanted to this to happen very much for his country and his people. He shared and introduced new modern western ideas to Russia by hiring many workers to modernize the army and navy. This was going to help Russia so their country could have a stronger defense system if needed. Second, he brought teachers into Russia to teach new ideas to the people. Some taught new science ideas, which could later be used for the modernization of technology and research. Third, because of him, a new and bright capital was built called St. Petersburg. Although some Russians didn’t like his techniques, he was able to overcome that, and pass his great work onto his daughter Catherine, who modernized the country even more, by adopting French culture.
Angela Mercier
2nd Hour
I think that Ivan the Great was the best leader and had the best influence on Russia. He conquered many other lands and helped expand Russia’s territory. He also refused to pay tribute to Mongols in 1480. I believe that by slowly taking down the Mongols, Ivan the Great gained trust from most of Russia. He still used the methods of the Byzantine Empire by marrying a niece of the Byzantine emperor. Even though he continued with this Christian way of life , instead of promoting change, it never seemed to cause any issues. Ivan the Great named himself the czar and ruled with unlimited power; however, he didn’t abuse his power. He did not become an evil dictator like many rulers with that kind of power and he brought Russia closer together as a strong, unified state. He was a good, non-violent ruler and I believe that he helped Russia the most.
Allison Levine
2nd hour
I think the most influential person in early Russian history is Ivan the Terrible. He wasn’t to most positive influence, but he still changed Russia. He tried to move Russia forward but ended up pushing them farther in to feudalism and not moving ahead with the rest of Western Europe. He was a horrible and cruel ruler, hence the name Ivan the Terrible. He created a secret police force and caused a reign of terror against other powerful, independent nobles to crush them. He encouraged the growth of feudalism and gave money or privileges to loyal followers to strengthen their bonds to him. He ordered laws that bound peasants to the land. He was an awful ruler and caused a horrible influence on Russia. This might also be because he was only fourteen when he took control of the government. He was raised in a brutal and degrading environment—because his parents died when he was only a child-- which also could have caused his harsh rule. And, although, he might not have been the best ruler, people thought he had great natural ability and political foresight. He had a big influence and if he wasn’t around, things would’ve been different for Russia.
I believe that Peter the Great was the most influential person in early Russian history because he believed that only through very hard and constant work with Europe and European reforms in their style could Russia be changed. Peter was enthusiastic to get the Russian nobles to get educated-they agreed. Peter hired hundreds of officers, engineers, and scientists all over Europe to serve in Russia. He knew that the connections with Europe were unstable because all the routes that passed through Poland and Sweden which really prevented the development of Russia. He knew to acquire a direct link to Western Europe was to get across the Baltic Sea and establish a port there. The only problem was that Peter’s navy and army were very archaic with their weapons and boats needed. He failed terribly the first time he tried to conquer the needed territories. Peter brought the army and navy backed and equipped them with new weapons and boats. He had them trained by other experts. He put the confidence back in to his soldiers. With re-training and new weapons these forces crushed the Swedes to allow them to gain access to the Baltic Sea. The port of Saint-Petersburg was founded at the newly acquired territories in 1703. The capital was moved from Moscow to here. Peter kept on developing Russia. He founded the national Academy of Science. Peter forced the development of Russia—this is the way Russia became a powerful state armed with modern institutions and technologies. In 1721, Russia was proclaimed an Empire and peter became the Emperor. This is why I feel Peter was the most influential person in early Russia. He did everything for the benefit of improving Russia—not just gains for himself.
Alex Victor
Hour 2
January 18, 2009
I think the person who had the greatest impact on Russia was Ivan the terrible who was the tsar around the Mid-1500’s.The grandson of Ivan the third, Ivan the terrible has reversed all of his grandfathers success into making a strong unified Russia. Ivan the terrible created a secret police which allowed him to crush the independent nobles, and hence his name Ivan had made a huge impact on his society and by doing this he made the power of the tsar stronger, but not necessarily in a good way. On top of creating the secret police he also introduced feudalism, expanded Russia’s borders and he created a new set of laws which allowed him to strengthen royal nobles bonds towards him. He also bound peasants from his land. Instead of pushing Russia forward and trying to attempt to increase westernization, Ivan the Terrible pushed Russia back unlike his grandfather Ivan the Great. He also put Russia behind in a time of need.
Harshita P.
I think the most influential person in Russian history is Peter the Great or Peter I. When I think of the work influential, I think of new ideas and making the biggest changes or influencing people. Peter the Great was very influential, he was a young czar who wanted nothing more than to westernize and modernize Russia. He had many ideas to follow through with his plans. He hired many types of engineers and he also tried to modernize and make Russia’s army and navy more technology based, so they had a better chance of defending themselves against invaders, of their huge amount of territory. Scientific methods and more expensive equipment was being introduced in many schools, in hopes to further educate the next century (technology wise).
Peter also built a new capital, as a sort of starting new and trying to put Russia in the race toward modernization. Peter and his court very strongly encouraged westernized clothing and even men with beards were considered “old” and Peter only wanted to look toward the future. Even though a lot of his reforms and changes didn’t “close the gap” (World Cultures Book) between Russia and Europe, many other czars carried on his legacy in the aspect of modernization. After all, he wasn’t called Peter the Great for nothing.
Alyssa L.
In my opinion, out of all the influential people in Russian history, Peter the Great was the most influential of them all. This young Czar wanted nothing but to bring Russia into a better place. Peter pushed to bring reforms to Russia and modernize and change it in a positive way, not to long after Ivan the Terrible ruled and had pushed the nation back nearly destroying it. Peter the Great introduced western ideas to Russia. He hired workers to build new technology, transportation, and machinery. He strove to improve the army, as well as setting up new schools to teach new scientific theories and to educate the young people of Russia. He also made attempts to increase his authority over the church, in order to positively change the influence of Christianity.
In addition to all of this, Peter further increased modernization by building a new Capital on the warm-water port of the Baltic Sea. This city helped show the nations push towards modernization.
Brad Benghiat/ 2nd Hour
The most influential person in early Russian history, I believe, was Peter the Great. He was born in 1672 and became czar in 1682 (at age 10) until his death, in 1725. Before he became czar Russia had fallen behind the other eastern European nations. “He dragged Russia out of the medieval rut they were in and helped them to become one of the most powerful eastern European states.” He was a ruthless leader and started Russia’s first navy. He also centralized the government making the czar’s position more powerful then it already was. His physical appearance was said to be very unique, he stood at 7 feet tall and he would stand out in a crowd. One of the things that made him such a great leader I believe was that he always wanted to learn. He learned how to be a carpenter and learned how to best train his soldiers. Those are just some of the reasons I believe Peter the Great was the most influential person in early Russian history.
Annie Li.
1st hour
I think that the most influential leader in Russian history was Ivan the Terrible, even though he didn’t influence Russia in a positive way. At least during Ivan’s rule, Russia was doomed from the start. Ivan obviously hadn’t been raised properly seeing as he was taught to inflict misery into people. Because both of his parents died when he was at such a young age he had to rule Russia at only fourteen years old, which I believe is insane. Later on during his rule, he destroyed everyone and everything in cities of his selection. Along with demolishing innocent towns, he created a secret police force. This force was made to terrorize civilians with any chance of power or success. He even took it one step further; feudalism and serfdom became planted deep in Russia’s system of rule. Ironically, Europe had just gotten rid of these ways. Russia was even further behind, politically and technologically. Ivan the Terrible made all of this possible.
In Russian History, there are a lot of important people who have done a lot for their homeland. But I feel that the 2 most influential people in Russian History are Saints Cyril and Methodius. Saints Cyril and Methodius were two Greek brothers born in Thessaloniki in the 9th century, who became missionaries of Christianity among the Slaves of Great Moravia and Pannonia. The Granolithic alphabet was the first alphabet used to transcribe the Old Church Slavonic language. These guys influenced the development of the Slavic peoples, and they created of the Granolithic alphabet, which later turned in to the regular English alphabet, which based off pretty much all of the other languages out there.
Matthew Brodley
Out of the many people in Russia’s early history, I believe that that Ivan the terrible had most impact toward Russia. Ivan the terrible was Ivan the great’s grandson, he was Ivan the IV. He had negative actions that affected Russia greatly, such as turning his grandfather’s successful acts into nothing. But Ivan the terrible after his negative actions he then introduced Russia into the positives of his actions, he introduced reforms, and a new law code. He also expanded Russia’s borders and renewed the contract with Western Europe. After doing all the negative things he did toward Russia he turned them around introducing the country with his great positive affects. The positive things he did for Russia are the reasons why I think Ivan the terrible is the most important in Russia’s early history.
Heather Robinson
2nd hr
I think that Ivan the Terrible was the most influential person in early Russian History for a few reasons. Ivan the Terrible worked very hard to restore autocracy- all power under one ruler. He made a secret police force used to take down the “powerful, independent” nobles. All and all he set Russia back two centuries of work that his grandfather, Ivan the Terrible had achieved. Even through all of these terrible things he did to earn his nickname, he did accomplish some productive things as well. He made a new code of law. He extended the borders of Russia and also started contact with Western Europe again. Serfdom was introduced in Russia from Ivan the Terrible, tying peasants to the land. Feudalism also grew under Ivan the Terrible. Fiefs-estates granted by the monarch, were awarded to nobles to “strengthen the bonds to him”. Ivan the Terrible ruled from 1533-1584 and Russia was forever changed in these 51 years.
The most influential person in early Russian history is Ivan the terrible. He wasn’t a positive influence but negative. During his time of reign Feudalism grew stronger in Russia. He also created a secret police and conducted a reign of terror against powerful nobles. Also in his reign there were two different parts a good period and a bad. In the good period he updated the army and was successful in military matters defending Russia’s border to the east. In the bad period he discontinued a council of advisors and gained complete authority. Unfortunately this negatively affected Russia. After remaining in power, Russia was split into two areas. In the region known as Oprichnina, Ivan had sole control. In the other area boyar Duma had complete control. At this time Ivan became famous for his torturing and killing of thousands of people. Even members of the Russian Orthodox church (which he belonged to) weren’t exempt.
Peter The Great he was a young energetic tsar wanted to introduce western ideas into russia .he akso wanted to teach new ideas even build a new capital,St.Petersburg
Donovan G.
Blog 4
Peter the great was the most important man in early Russian history because of many reasons. An example is when he decided to introduce western ideas into to Russia by hiring western engineers. Shipbuilders and other experts to modernize Russia’s army and navy. Also western scholars were brought in to teach new scientific ideas, and built a new capital called St. Petersburg. He was also very mature. When he was only eleven he learned how to shot cannons and use guns. He was chosen over Ivan to become the Tsar. He was a great Tsar and helped advance Russia’s army, and navy I many ways.
Jordan B.
I Believe that Peter the great is the most influential person in early Russian history. I believe this because peter the great had pushed Russia to reach higher levels in technology in order to come out on top of the rest of the world. He had created a stronger navy and had modernized there army. this was a great achievement because with a strong military comes more power over the weaker countries. As well as being almost seven feet tall peter was loud mouthed, aggressive and violent which showed that he was not a weak person in the least and that he stood up for himself and what he believed in. These characteristics showed that peter could accomplish much of what he would come to and follow what he thought is right and best for his nations being. with his devoted mind and his military techniques, peter the great would be able to take over and expand Russia's borders as well as raise there defenses.
Eric Bruning
Hour 1
Peter the Great, the young energetic tsar of the late 1600’s, was the most influential person in early Russian history. Even though he could be a very ruthless, reckless leader he created a lot of opportunities for his country. Peter the Great traveled Europe to learn or discover new ideas for westernizing the country. He also created a very important city to Russia which is St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea. He was all for modernization and pushed his country to achieve the goals he believed were best for his country. Peter also had ships made for his army which made opportunity for trade and which they could get the necessary resources and money to survive. He also borrowed ideas from Europe on ideas for coins and cannons. So yes, besides all the wrong he has done the improvements he created for his country has out shinned them and that’s why I believe he was the most influential tsar.
Jayde Gray
Hour 1st
I think the most influential person in Russian history is Peter the great. Even though he did a lot a lot of terrible things he changed the country in a very positive way. He did a lot of modernization like creating a sea port, Building new cities and many other things. In the process many lives were lost; I think some of those lives could have been spared if he was a little more focused on the health of his workers. But he just focused on the final outcome and did not care what it would take to get there. He changed a lot of old culture traditions, like shaving and having relations with foreign kings. But in the end he benefited greatly from them. He had a powerful army but very questionable attack tactics. Peter the great was a very cruel man and a lot of people say that he should not the name of the great. However to be great you do not have to be good. He was a mean, powerful and great in the sense of position in the world.
I think the most influential person in early Russian history is Peter the great. I think Peter the Great is the most influential because he changed Russia alot in positive ways but also in negative ways too. Some of the good things that he did was he made the city St. Petersburg. Also he made a powerful navy to protect Russia. Also all the things that Ivan the terrible did to mess up Russia in all his negative ways Peter the great was trying to build on it and make Russia become a beteer place. Also peter the great tried to lead Russia in a postive way sometimes and that is why i think peter the great was the most influential person in Russian history.
Adam pauley
1st hour
The most influential person was Peter the Great. He was born in 1672 and became czar in 1682. Peter the great is most influential because he kept Russia moving foward instead of backwards like Peter the Terrible.He dragged Russia out of the hole they were and made one of the most powerful countries in the world.Peter was smart because he started the first navy and he also made armor for his warriors and he boats.But the thing that disappointed me was when he let his son just get torture and when he died he had a party the dayy after he died. crowd. Peter the great always wanted to learn and be taught that what made him so powerfu and he never gave up like when seewden beat them the next time they beat the sweeden.
Quinton Furman
2nd Hour
There are many people that impacted Russia, but I think that Ivan the terrible was the most influence. He was the tsar in the Mid-1500. Ivan the Terrible was Ivan the Great’s grandson; he was Ivan the IV. Ivan the Terrible had negative actions that affected Russia greatly; he reversed all of his grandfather’s success into making a strong unified Russia. Ivan the Terrible, after is negative actions he had done some positive actions. Such as introduced reforms, and a new law code and he expanded Russia’s borders and renewed the contract with Western Europe. After ever thing that Ivan the Terrible did the good and even the bad I think that he is the most influence person in the history of Russia.
Damien Dorre
World History / 1st hour / Wickersham
Peter is the most influential person in Russia because he is known as someone to remember. He is someone to never forget because he never asked any person or a country for his help.
Angelina E.
Ivan the Great was the most influential to me! Ivan the Great took steps to create a strong united Russian state. He conquered other lands and refused to pay tribute to the Mongols in 1480. By this time, the Byzantine had fallen to the Turks, but Ivan still modeled Russia after the Byzantine Empire. He married a niece of Byz. Emperor, named himself Tsar, and ruled with unlimited power.
Tyler Taylor 1st hour
Muhannad Al-Bakkour
1st Hour
The most influential person in early Russian history was Ivan the terrible. He was not what you wouldn't call a positive influence. During the time he was living, Feudalism grew stronger and stronger everyday in Russia. He created things like a secret police that conducted a reign of terror against strong nobles. Also in his reign there were two different parts a good period and a bad one. The good period was when he strengthen the army and was good at defending Russia’s border to the east. The bad period he ruling of Russia was he gained complete authority of his people and made them do things they didn't want to do like, cut off their beards. Unfortunately this negatively affected Russia because the people were not happy with his actions. After remaining in power for such a long time, Russia was split into two areas. In the region known as Oprichnina, Ivan didn't have full control of the region. In the other area boyar Duma he had complete control. At this time Ivan became famous for his torturing and killing of thousands of people, which most of them didn't deserve to die.
By Oscar
If that were to happen to me I would feel many ways. I would obviously be scared, being held against my will and told I might not ever see home again on top of being in some very scary surroundings. I would also feel homesick, just being away from home for two days can make me yearn for my own bed easily, especially if I’m not enjoying the place I’m in. in the inside, I would also want to probably go and take action but since they would probably be way stronger than me I would know (in the inside) it wouldn’t be a good idea. But knowing me, I would probably jump at the chance of doing something bad to them. I would also face the fact that I will now have to deal with this stuff; I’m usually quick to dealing with and getting used to things though.
Meredith Starkman
2nd hour
I believe that the person in early Russian history to have the largest impact was Peter the Great. Russia, at the time, was desperate for modernization and that is exactly what Peter the Great brought to the table. He wanted nothing more for his nation than to westernize and increase technology. He attempted to modernize by getting westerners to train his army and navy and by also getting them to work on engineering in the nation involving research and technology. Peter the Great was also the driving force behind the construction of Russia’s new capital, St. Petersburg. The capital included a warm-water port to the Baltic Sea. Although not everyone agreed with his tactics completely, Peter overcame most of the issues in his nation. In addition, he was able to pass his reign of Russia onto his daughter, Catherine, who advanced Russian society and technology even further. She also adapted the French culture into Russian society.
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