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Moscow to his older son, Ivan or "Ivan The Terrible". Until Ivan could rule, Yelena, his mother, ruled instead, until her death due to an attempted overthrow of noble families. Still, Ivan was too young to rule, so the boyars of Russia took his place instead. Two families among the boyars competed for power and Moscow became a place full of crime. Eventually,

Russia; in the same year he also married Anastasia Romanovna. She died in 1560 which resulted in him re-marrying multiple times, but his marriage to Anastasia was considered the happiest. After her death, he became depressed and erratic. He suspected a boyar, a member of the old aristocracy in Russia, murdered her which made him even more paranoid. This death affected him on such a large scale that it caused him to go on a reign of terror for the

Use of MIlitary/ Boyars: As an autocrat, Peter the Great harshly put down rebellions and also created a secret police to help maintain order. Peter built Russia’s first navy with the help of western European countries. Peter waged wars against the Ottoman Empire, turning out to be mainly unsuccessful. There was also a Great War with Sweden. With these wars came Peter’s prospect of expanding his empire through the acquisition of new territory and access to the Baltic Sea. Boyars - nobles with the

American Beauty (1999) is directed by Sam Mendes (also the director of Skyfall and Spectre) and stars Kevin Spacey which examines the “ordinary” occurances of a family who live a desirable life but are unhappy and stagnant. Kevin Spacey plays the role of Lester Burnham, a suburban father and who is tired of his boring job and family. Within the film are many themes, the most important of these being lust and beauty. The film applies many visual effects to demonstrate the overall desired tone, and

Boyars- The Russian nobles or aristocrats, titled boyars, who posed a threat to the tsars as they wanted total power. Peasants owed their labor to the boyars. Ivan the Terrible wanted to get rid of the boyars, however in the early seventeenth century, a boyar by the name of Mikhail Romanov, tried to establish a dynasty to consolidate its own authority but still being able to compete with nearby powers. Third Estate- The French social society was broken up into three estates the first being the clergy

(Daimyo) Daimyo is a term to describe a great warlord in japan. These people given this term were wealthy landowners and powerful warlords. They used this power to employ Samurais to serve them. With them under their control they were able to control great amounts of land through the Japanese empire. Their farms were taken care of by their peasants. Although civil was very common among the Daimyo and in the 1500s it proved to show itself in a prolonged war. (Isolationism) During which of 1543-1616

restored the Russian state in 1462 under Ivan the Great. The underlying cultural aspects that existed in Russia from 1480-1800 like the Eastern Orthodox Church and the westernization of the boyars certainly helped Russia advance as a world power. The political constants in Russia, such as the serf and boyar control as well as expansion, also helped Russia to approach countries in the West in terms of influence. In 1480, Ivan the Great successfully liberated Moscow and land stretching from Poland

Alekseyevich, or Peter the Great, was brought up witnessing firsthand the power of the people after watching his relatives and friends murdered by a rebellion of the Streltsy. Taking power at the young age of ten, Peter recognized the power of the boyars (nobles) and streltsy (guards and soldiers). Vowing to change Russia for the better, Peter ruled with a Western mindset, determined to bring Russia back to its former dominance with ideals from the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution. After visiting

In addition to suppressing their revolts, Peter successfully undermined the lifestyle of the boyars, without losing their commitment to the state. He accomplished this with his establishment of the Table of Ranks, which designated the boyars specific roles in either the bureaucracy or military, making them workers of the state. These necessary steps allowed Russia to build a new, strong military force, and a powerful

battle under inglorious conditions. From this moment forward John Hunyadi was bitterly hostile to Vlad Dracul and Mircea”( Vlad 4). In result to John Hunyadi’s animosity, in 1447, he raided Wallachia and assassinated Vlad Dracul and Mircea with help of boyars and merchants. Fearing the Hungarians would gain too much influence in Wallachia after the death of Vlad Dracul,the Ottoman Turks forged ahead to Wallachia and put Vlad III on the throne as a puppet so the Sultan could pull the strings. Yet within