17: Muscovy Becomes Russia

The segments of Lecture 17 are:

• 17a: Muscovy becomes Russia
• 17b: Gathering the Lands
• 17c: Ivan the Terrible
• 17d: Time of Troubles
  
• 17e: Conclusions
  

 Important terms, concepts, individuals, and events:

Muscovy, Lithuania, Ivan I "Moneybags," Third Rome, Ivan III "The Great," Zoe Palaeologa, boyars, Ivan IV "The Terrible," zemsky sobor, Sudebnik, Kazan and Astrakhan Khanates, Livonian War, Oprichniks,  Boris Godunov, the False Dmitrys

Questions for consideration:

1. Why was Moscow able to rise to power among Russian cities during the Mongol occupation?
2. How did Ivan III and Ivan IV create the concept of a Russian Empire?
3. What weaknesses of the Russian Empire were exposed by the Time of Troubles?