NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
EUROPEAN NATION STATES
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St. Petersburg
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Berlin
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Moscow
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London
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan the Great threw off the rule of the Mongols, centralized power in Moscow, and expanded the Russian nation. Power was centralized in the hands of the tsar. The Orthodox Church influenced unification.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ivan III the Great freed the Russians from the Mongol yoke and centralized power in Muscovy (Moscow). 3. Ivan III the Great also married the final heir to the Byzantine (Roman) Empire, thus taking the title of Tsar and solidifying Russia’s claim as the Third Rome.
Detailed explanation-3: -First, he used diplomacy to make sure that no other state would help Novgorod. Next, he attacked and defeated its army in battle. While some resistance remained for several years, Ivan was in full control by the late 1470s. He then proceeded to completely break the power of the Boyars (Russian nobles) there.
Detailed explanation-4: -Peter the Great was the czar, or monarch, of Russia from 1682 until he died in 1725. During his reign, he worked to modernize Russia and transform it into an empire that rivaled anything in Europe.