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What is the geography associated with St. Petersburg?

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Lake Ladoga

Neva River

Gulf of Finland

Baltic Sea

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Where is Peter Pauls Fortress?

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on Hare’s Island - separate from everything else

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When was the Seven years war?

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1756 to 1763

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What was the Seven Years War known as in the Western world?

What was the major repercussion of it?

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French and Indian War

France lost it’s Canadian territories

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When was the Great Northern War?

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1701 - 1721

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Who were the antagonists in the Great Northern War?

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Sweden vs. Russia (Peter the Great), Saxony and Poland

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What was Russia’s embarrassing defeat during the Great Northern War, when and by whom?

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Battle at Narva

1701

Charles XII

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What was the decisive battle of the Great Northern War?

When was it?

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Battle of Poltava

1709

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Where is Poltava?

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Ukraine

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When was Petersburg found?

When did it become capital?

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1703

after Battle of Poltava; became capital 1711

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Where did the Swedish get their Baltic turf?

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During Times of Troubles

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What was the result of the peace treaty of the Great Northern War?

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Sweden lost its Baltic territory to Russia

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What happened status wise to Russia after the Battle of Poltava?

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Peter I became Peter the Great

Russia is now empire and ruler is emperor

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Who was regent during minority of Peter the Great?

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Sophia

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When was Peter the Great born and died?

When was his reign?

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born 1672

died 1725

1694 - 1725

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When did Catherine I die?

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ruled for 2 years then died on

1727

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Who was Catherine the first?

What was she known as?

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second wife of Peter the Great

first female ruler of Russia

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Who was Peter II?

When did he die?

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grandson of Peter the Great, son of Alexei (the son of Peter the Great that he tortured to death)

1730

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What did Peter II threaten to do?

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abandon Petersburg

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When did Ann rule?

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1730’s

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What was Ann known for?

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making Petersburg stick

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What buildings were finished during Ann’s time?

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Early Baroque Buildings

Peter Paul Cathedral

Building of the Twelve Colleges

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What was the style of Peterl Paul Cathedral?

What was its function?

What unique architectural structure does it have?

Who built it?

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Protestant style - Basilica

replaced Archangel Michael Cathedral as the royal church and burial sanctuary for rulers

tall spires

Domenico Trezzini

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What function does the Building of the Twelve Colleges serves?

What does it mean by colleges?

What building does it contain?

Who was it built by?

What island is it on?

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main administrative building of St. Petersburg State University

Ministries

Holy Synod

Trezzini

Vasilyevsky Island

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How and when (reign) did Elizabeth come to power?
the Imperial Guards brings her 1740's to 1761
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What was Elizabeth's relation to previous rulers?
daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I
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What buildings were finished during Elizabeth's reign?
**High Baroque** Peterhof Catherine Palace at Tsarskoe Selo Winter Palace on banks of the Neva River Cathedral of the Resurrection at Smolny Convent Cathedral of St. Nicholas
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Who was Peterhof built by? What does the name mean?
Bartolomeo Rastrelli Peter's village
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Why was the Catherine Palace built? Who built it?
Peter the Great's give to his second wife Catherine I Bartolomeo Rastrelli
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What does "Tsarskoe Selo" where Catherine Palace is located means?
Tsar's village
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Who built the Winter Palace and where was it located?
Bartolomeo Rastrelli on the banks of Neva River
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Where was the Cathedral of the Resurrection? Who built it? What was special about it?
Smolny Convent Bartolomeo Rastrelli return to the cross centered plan
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Who built the Cathedral of St. Nicholas? What did he do that was special?
Savva Chevakinsky he was merging baroque style with the return of the cross centered plan
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Who ruled after Elizabeth? What happened to him?
Peter III deposed in favor of Catherine the Great (II)
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When did Catherine the Great rule?
1762 - 1796 after her husband (Peter III) was strangeled
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What was Catherine the Great(II)'s original name?
Sophia
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What buildings were associated with Catherine the Great's rule?
**Neoclassical** Hermitage Cameron's Gallery Pavlovsk Palace
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Why was it called the Hermitage?
1. Catherine reject Baroque in favor of Neoclassicism 2. She collected paintings of big name paints - she put the building next to her palace(Winter Palace) - where she could retreat to "hermitage"
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Where was the Hermitage?
next to the Winter Palace
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Who was the Cameron's Gallery built by? Where is it? What was unique about it?
a Scott - Charles Cameron attached to Catherine's Palace at Tsarskoe Selo has _colonnade_ - row of columns - and _peristyle_ - colonnade goes all around building
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Why was Pavlovsk Palace built? What is it known for?
Catherine built for her son Paul Palladian (Palladio) style - centered around a rotunda
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Who ruled after Catherine the Great? When did he rule?
Paul 1796 - 1801 (suffocated by own palace guards)
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Who ruled after Paul? What was his relation to previous rulers? What was he known for?
Alexander I Paul's son, Catherine the Great's grandson defeating Napolean
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When did Alexander I reign?
1801 - 1825
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What buildings were built during Alexander I reign?
**Late Neoclassical Period** Cathedral of Kazan Mother of God The Stock Exchange (winter palace some changes?)
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What is Cathedralof Kazan Mother of God known for? What is it built as?
Field Marshall Kutuzov buried here 1813 - victory Memorial over Naopleon
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What type of columns did the Stock Exchange have? What did the columns do?
not fluted = Tuscan Doric peristyle
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Why were palaces built?
not capricious act of luxuries but "act of state" to show the rest of the world that Russia could do it
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What was a pilaster?
flat vertical member on a facade
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What are the three orders?
doric ionic corinthian
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What was the horizontal member, where the column meets the roof?
capital
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What is the horizontal roof line?
entablature
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What is the triangular part that is above the horizonal entablature? What did it contain in ancient Greece?
pediment statues
54
Describe doric. What buildings was it used on?
capital unadorned Greek doric = fluted Tuscan (Roman) doric = round/smooth utilitarian structures
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Describe ionic. What type of buildings was it used on?
scrolls - _volute_ temple structures
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Describe corinthian. What type of buildings was it used on?
leaf like patterns great buildings of state (such as court buildings) if have volute on top, then it's a composite
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What is the buildingn with the tall spires in Peter Paul Fortress?
Peter Paul Cathedral
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Where is the Building of the Twelve Colleges?
Vasilyevsky Island
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What flanks the Stock Exchange?
rostral columns - victory monument; prows of enemies' ships on columns
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Who was the ruler that wanted Russia to be a sea power?
Peter the Great
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Where are Alexander Nevsky's bones? Why?
in Petersburg taken from Vladimir Peter the Great did it to tie his own legacy to Nevsky's inside the Alexander Nevsky Monastery

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