OCR a an AS History Unit Y210 Scheme of Work

A)UNIT Y210: RUSSIA 1645-1741

NOTE: BASED ON 2X 50 MINUTE LESSONS PER WEEK TERMS BASED ON 6 TERM YEAR. Key Topic Term Indicative Content Extended Content Resources

Russia 1645-1698 1 Russia in 1645, social and economic  Problems of  Alexis: Tsar of backwardness, problems with the Tsar; personality geography, All the Russias, and rule of Alexis, legalisation of serfdom 1649, remoteness, Longworth church reform and schism 1649, growth of western communication influence and trade  Fractured  Alexis’ background, Europe early life, and aims (Blackwell), Sturdy  Rioting and rebellions  Europe Unfolding, Stoye  Morozov’s unpopularity  Making of Russian  Effects of Absolutism, legalisation of Dukes serfdom rule of Feodor, Golitsyn and relations with the  Abolition of the  The Tsars Boyars mestnichestvo (Access to History), Rady  Moscow Uprising of 1682  Making of Russian  Actions of Golitsyn Absolutism, especially with the Dukes armed forces  Unpopularity of the boyars

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accession of Peter and Ivan, 1682 and regency of  Support for Peter  Access to Sophia, role of Streltsi from boyars History: Peter the Great, Swift  Strelsi rebellion  Peter the Great  Autocratic rule of (Lancaster Sophia Pamphlets), Lee  The Tsars (Access to History), Rady  Making of Russian Absolutism, Dukes

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early life and upbringing of Peter at  Temperament,  Access to Preobrazhenskoe, his character and personality education and views History: Peter of Peter the Great, Swift  Family background  Peter the Great and rivalries (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee

attempted coup of Sophia 1689  Reasons for coup  Access to and reasons for History: Peter failure the Great, Swift  Peter the Great

Version 1 2 © OCR 2017 (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Making of Russian Absolutism, Dukes direct rule of Peter and campaigns against Azov  Effects of failure of  Access to campaigns against History: Peter Azov the Great, Swift  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee embassy to the West 1697–1698  Reasons for  Access to embassy and extent History: Peter of success or failure the Great, Swift  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee The reforms of Peter Consolidation of Peter’s power, relations with  Reasons for,  Access to the Great 1698-1725 boyars, reform of dress and beards, Table of success of and History: Peter Ranks consequences of the Great, Swift reforms  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon 2 modernisation of alphabet and calendar;  Reasons for,  Access to success of and History: Peter consequences of the Great, Swift

Version 1 3 © OCR 2017 reforms  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon reforms in central and local administration, Senate,  Reasons for,  Access to colleges, new provinces, fiscal reforms, municipal success of and History: Peter government consequences of the Great, Swift reforms  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon reforms of the Church; reform of army and navy  Reasons for,  Access to success of and History: Peter consequences of the Great, Swift reforms  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon census of 1719  Details of  Access to census, effect on History: Peter Peter’s reforms the Great, Swift  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of

Version 1 4 © OCR 2017 Russia, Dixon education; developments in industry and  Role of private  Access to agriculture; position of peasants; St Petersburg enterprise and History: Peter mercantilism the Great, Swift  ‘Forced  Peter the Great industrialisation’ (Lancaster and effects e.g. Pamphlets), Lee export of iron  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon Foreign relations 1645- Alexis’s relations with Zaporozhian Cossacks and  Russia-Persian  Alexis: Tsar of 1725 Poland war All the Russias,  Wars against Longworth Poland and  Fractured Sweden to 1667 Europe (Blackwell), Sturdy  Europe Unfolding, Stoye  The Tsars (Access to History), Rady 3 Influence of Golytsin and expedition to Crimea  Campaigns in  Fractured Crimea in 1687 and Europe 1689, reasons for (Blackwell), failure Sturdy  The Tsars (Access to History), Rady Relations with China and Treaty of Nerchinsk  Terms of the treaty  Fractured

Version 1 5 © OCR 2017  The border Europe (Blackwell),  Subsequent Sturdy relations e.g. Treaty of Kyakhta  The Tsars (Access to History), Rady

Peter’s aims in the Baltic  Great Northern  Access to War History: Peter the Great, Swift  Threat from Sweden  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee war against Sweden, defeat at Narva, invasion of  Reasons for defeat  Access to Ingria and Livonia History: Peter the Great, Swift  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee Swedish invasion 1707; Turkish war and loss of  Reasons for failure  Access to Azov 1711 against Ottomans History: Peter the Great, Swift  Treaty of Pruth  Peter the Great (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee military successes in the Baltic and the Battle of  Reasons for  Access to Poltava and the Treaty of Nystadt 1721; success History: Peter the Great, Swift  Terms of the treaty  Peter the Great

Version 1 6 © OCR 2017 (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee reasons for Russian successes and consequences  Military, economic,  Access to of territorial gains social reasons for History: Peter success the Great, Swift  Problems of  Peter the Great territorial gains (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee Peter’s campaign in Persia and capture of Derbent  Campaign key  Access to and Baku features and History: Peter consequences, e.g. the Great, Swift for Russo-Ottoman  Peter the Great relations (Lancaster Pamphlets), Lee Revolt of Stenka Razin Opposition and reaction  Reasons for revolt  The Tsars 1645-1741 (Access to  Open rebellion History), Rady Failure of rebellion   Making of and brutality of Russian suppression Absolutism, Dukes resistance to westernisation  Russian culture  The Tsars and folklore (Access to History), Rady  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon revolt and destruction of the Streltsi; 4  Conditions and  Access to treatment of the History: Peter Streltsi the Great, Swift

Version 1 7 © OCR 2017  Opposition to  Making of Peter the Great’s Russian accession Absolutism, Dukes  Reasons for destruction of the Streltsi, extent of brutality of suppression the Old Believers  Reasons for split  Peter the Great: from Church The Struggle for Power,  Schism and Bushkovitch suppression from Peter the Great Mazeppa  Reasons for  Peter the Great: Mazeppa’s The Struggle for desertion Power, Bushkovitch  Politicisation of the desertion, reaction of the church  Tsarevitch Alexis  Military career  Peter the Great: and self-exile The Struggle for Power,  Return to Bushkovitch Moscow and execution

extent of westernisation by 1725  Influence of  Access to Germany History: Peter

Version 1 8 © OCR 2017  Extent to which the Great, Swift state and people  Peter the Great had been (Lancaster ‘westernised’ Pamphlets), Lee  Modernisation of Russia, Dixon problems of Russia in the reigns of Catherine I and  Military  Russia, People Peter II, Anne and Ivan VI 1725–1741, the expenditure under and Empire, ‘German period’. Catherine I Hosking  Disorder under  Modernisation of Peter II, family Russia, Dixon breakdown  Making of  Increasing Russian influence of Absolutism, Germans under Dukes Anne, resentment of the local nobility  Overthrow of Ivan VI