NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
EUROPEAN NATION STATES
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Ivan the Great
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Alexander I
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Genghis Khan
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Peter the Great
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ivan IV declared himself Tsar in 1547 and consolidated control over Russia’s feudal noble class with brutal repression.
Detailed explanation-2: -Early reforms Ivan’s government soon embarked on a wide program of reforms and of the reorganization of both central and local administration. Church councils summoned in 1547 and 1549 strengthened and systematized the church’s affairs, affirming its Orthodoxy and canonizing a large number of Russian saints.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 15th century, the grand princes of Moscow continued to consolidate Russian land to increase their population and wealth. The most successful practitioner of this process was Ivan III, who laid the foundations for a Russian national state.
Detailed explanation-4: -His 1480 victory over the Great Horde is cited as the restoration of Russian independence, 240 years after the fall of Kiev in the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus’. Ivan was the first Russian ruler to style himself “tsar", albeit not as an official title.
Detailed explanation-5: -Back in the 16th Century when it was a nickname bestowed on the Russian ruler Ivan IV, it specifically meant ‘awe-inspiring’, ‘powerful’ and ‘formidable’.