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Development of Russia
Mongolian Rule for 200 years
Duchy of Moscow
Ivan the Terrible
secret police destroyed nobility and made the few real leaders with
in the nobility (boyars) suspect of each other
Factors of Separation
1. Asian influence resulting from Mongol domination
2. Western civilization had reached Russia from Byzantine not from
the west
a. Russia's Christianity was Orthodox instead of Catholic
3. Russia's use of the Cyrillic alphabet rather than the Roman alphabet
posed a barrier to communication
4. Geography
a. Russia was almost entirely landlocked
b. Navigable rivers did not flow into the great oceans and seas of
commerce
5. Continuous outside invaders xenophobia
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