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I. The following questions and answers will help you to see the main points of the units. Act out the dialogue.






Questions Answers
1. How did Kiev become the unifying center of ancient Russia? 1. Kiev was situated on the trade routes among the territories inhabited by the tribes which later formed the Russian nation.
2. How can one account for the fact that the Mongol yoke lasted for 240 years? 2. The reason for the long enslavement of Russia lay first in the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Mongols; and second, in the constant quarrelling and fighting between the different Russian princes.
3. How did serfdom develop in Russia? 3. The Russian princes gave land to their courtiers for their services, but peasants were already living on those lands, and so they gradually became completely subject to the landowners.
4. When did the Moscow State make particularly large acquisitions of land? 4. It happened under Ivan the Terrible. It was during his rule that huge territories along the Volga River and in Siberia were joined to the Moscow State.
5. What time can be considered the end of the isolation of Russia from Europe? 5. The establishment of closer ties with Western Europe began in the middle of the 17th century but was greatly speeded up under Peter I, who tried to destroy the traditional Russian mode of life.
6. Did all Russian people comprehend and welcome Peter I’s reforms? 6. No, by no means; it was far from that. He launched his reforms in a very abrupt manner, and wanted to change suddenly and thoroughly all the traditions which had existed for centuries before him. Thus, he had many opponents and enemies.
7. Under which tsar were the cities granted self-government? 7. Under Peter I.

 

II. Expand the sentences following the model.

Model:

The development of cultural ties among the separate parts of Kievan Russia was very important.

It was important because even after the fall of Kievan Russia, those ties played an important part in the formation of the Russian national spirit.

1. The Mongol yoke had a very great effect on Russia.

2. Ivan the Terrible dealt merciless with disobedient boyars.

3. The settlement of Siberia began in the 16th century.

4. The “Time of Troubles” fully justifies its name.

5. The Romanov dynasty was on the throne for 300 years.

6. Peter I launched very important reforms.

 

III. Find the continuation of each phrase in the right-hand column.

Christianity was adopted in Russia in… During the period of the Mongol yoke, the Russian population had to pay… The Granovitaya Palata and the assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin were built by… Ivan the terrible organized bands of… Dmitry, the son of Ivan the Terrible, was exiled from Moscow to Uglich, where… Peter I founded St. Petersburg in order to… …oprichniks to persecute the boyars. …988; there had been paganism before. …he perished; the reasons are not known exactly. … foreigners, but they precisely express the Russian spirit. …get an outlet into the Baltic Sea; he, as they say, cut a window into Europe. …tribute; those who could not pay it became the Khan’s slaves.

 

IV. Complete the following statements:

1. Kievan Rus ceased to exist as a result…

2. The Golden Horde fell apart…

3. Serfdom in Russia lasted for…

4. Cossacks appeared…

5. The “Time of troubles” is so named because…

6. Boris Godunov was chosen as Tsar, since…

7. Peasant unrest in the 17th century was widespread; and the biggest rebellion was…

8. Characteristics of Peter I’s temperament were…

 

V. Say whether the following statements are true or false.

1. Paganism in Russia disappeared immediately after the Baptism of Russia in 988.

2. Marriages between Tatar and Russian women were rare.

3. The Mongol yoke was favorable for Rus.

4. The tsar gave nobles land along with the peasants who were living and already working on it.

5. Under Ivan the Terrible, the monasteries received many lands and became nearly as rich as the tsar himself.

6. False Dmitry appeared in Russia twice during the ‘Times of Troubles” and ruled for a long time.

7. Peter I dressed like a real tsar.







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