HIS 241 Key Terms to consider while reading the textbook
and studying a unit's material

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The Key Terms will be part of the midterm and final exams in the course. You should study these terms using your textbook, but you are also encouraged to use any other sources, such as Wikipedia. A good answer to a test identification of a key term should include answers to these basic questions: who, what, where, when and why important. It is especially important to focus on why the key term is important. Check out some examples.

Unit 1 Introduction and Themes in Russian history

Unit 2 Origins of Rus'

Unit 3 The Mongol Invasion

Unit 4 Rise of Moscow and the Gathering of the Lands

Unit 5 Ivan IV and the Time of Troubles

Unit 6 The Petrine Revolution

Unit 7 Catherine the Great

Unit 8 Alexander I and Napoleon

Unit 9 Decembrists

Unit 10 Nicholas I and Official Nationality

Unit 11 A Marvelous Decade

Unit 12 Alexander II and the Great Reforms

Unit 13 The Revolutionary Movement

Unit 14 Reaction and Modernization under Alexander III and Nicholas II

Unit 15 Whither Russia in the Twentieth Century?

Unit 16 Golden and Silver Ages of Russian Culture