House of Romanov

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/house-of-romanov

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the dynastic period?1613-1917
2. What is the founding tsar?Michael Romanov
3. Who were the Romanovs and how long did they rule Russia?The Romanovs were the royal family that ruled Russia for more than 300 years, beginning in 1613.
4. How did the Romanovs start ruling Russia?In 1613, the Assembly of the Land chose Michael Romanov as Tsar, starting the Romanov dynasty after a period of turmoil called the Time of Troubles.

Autocracy: A system of government where one person (the Tsar) holds supreme, unchecked power.
Serfdom: A system of unfree labor where peasants were tied to the land and owned by landowners.
Zemsky Sobor: An early Russian parliament or assembly of representatives, instrumental in electing the first Romanov Tsar.
Bolsheviks: A radical faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party that seized power in the October Revolution of 1917.