20/02/2015 · In the east, modern-day Siberia, fur, timber, gold, and iron were used for trade. Instead of paid labor, extreme serfdom was used for labor. Mainly a rural, agricultural economy, but the serfs had no motivation to work harder because the landowners got all profit. Russia lacked a middle class (artisans and merchants).

The Russian Empire. 1500-1750. Kathryn Burke, Alexa Ballenger, & Emma Badger. Politics. • Peter the Great wanted progress and a westernized Russia. • He secured more power for himself and changed his name from the traditional “tsar” to “emperor”.

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Great Northern War. 1701 - 1721. During the Great Northern War, Russia acquired territory of modern Estonia and Latvia after decades of war with Sweden, establishing a naval presence in the Baltic Sea and 'window on Europe'.

BETWEEN 1450 AND 1750 RUSSIA BUILT AN EMPIRE Ø Just like the western European powers Ø It conquered, settled, and explored Ø It imposed it’s institutions Ø But Russia colonized its neighbors Ø Russia built its empire while it was building a modern Russian state

13/07/2015 · Russia Brief History of an Empire1450s to 1700s. CULTURAL & POLITICAL INFLUENCES on RUSSIASlavic, Viking, European and Central Asian cultural influencesParts of Asian Russia had converted to Islam. Orthodox Christianity was eventually dominant. Early Russia & Mongol InvasionIn the 600s-1200s, feudal warlords were loosely organized into what was ...

the russian empire 1450-1750 By the time of the golden age of the Qing Dynasty, the Russian Empire had expanded all the way from its origins in Eurasia east to the Pacific coast. There they came into border conflicts with the Chinese, but they also shared they problem of attack by Mongols and other nomadic people of Central Asia .

Russian Empire, historical empire founded on November 2, 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor of all the Russias upon Peter I. It ended with the abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917. Learn more about the history and significance of the Russian Empire in this article.

Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal, Russian, Manchu. Relatively large. Expensive . Focused on . agriculture. and not. industry. Many were located in arid & uninhabitable area. Involved in forced labor. no …