| A | B |
|---|
| Western Slav | East Central Europe |
| South Slav | Balkan Peninsula |
| Eastern Slav | North of Black Sea b/w the Denieper adn Dniester River |
| Primary Chronicle | recorded the history and early tales |
| Princes | individula city-states were ruled by |
| Grand Princes | Princes owed and paid tribute to |
| boyars | Councils of weathly merchants advised teh Princes |
| Assemblies | Ran day to day affairs and could accept of remove Princes |
| Yaroslave the Wise | introduced 1st law code |
| Pravda Russkia | Russian justice - tribul, customs, laws and traditions |
| Vladimir | cyrillic alphabet to help spread faith |
| Ivan the Great | United Russian principalities |
| Kremlin | fortress with onion domed churches in Moscow |
| Taiga | lots of rainfall, forests, long winters, short growing season |
| Steppe | less rain, grassland, longer growing season |
