irst learned man to become tutor to a
Tzarevitch. The spirit of the times no longer permitted the heir to the
throne to be taught merely to read and write from the primer, the
Psalter, and the "Book of Hours"; and Alexei Mikhailovitch appointed
Simeon Polotzky instructor to the Tzarevitch Feodor.

QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW

1. What unfavorable conditions do we find in Russian society at
the beginning of the sixteenth century?

2. Who was Maxim the Greek, and what service did he render to
his times?

3. What was the purpose of the "House-Regulator" of Pope
Sylvester?

4. How does he define the duties of woman?

5. What early attempts at printing were made in Russia?

6. What qualities of Ivan the Terrible may be seen in his
writings?

7. Describe his correspondence with Prince Kurbsky.

8. How do Kurbsky's qualities compare with those of the Tzar,
as shown in this correspondence?

9. Why is Kurbsky's history of Moscow a remarkable work?

10. What great work was done by Moghila and his Academy?

11. How did his influence prove very far-reaching?

12. What did other writers of this time say of the need for
better education in Russia?

13. Describe the career of the famous Patriarch Nikon.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

_History of Russia._ Rambaud, Chapter XV., Ivan the Terrible,
also Chapters XVI.-XX.

_The Story of Russia._ W. R. Morfill.

CHAPTER V

FOURTH PERIOD, FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE EPOCH
OF REFORM UNDER PETER THE GREAT.

Even in far-away, northeastern Russia a break is apparent in the middle
of the sixteenth century; and during the reign of Ivan the Terrible, a
new sort of historical composition came into vogue--the so-called
"Stepennaya Kniga," or "Book of Degrees" (or steps), wherein the
national history was set forth in order, according to the Degrees of the
Princely Houses in the lines of descent from Rurik to Ivan the Terrible
in twenty degrees. This method found favor, and another degree was added
in the seventeenth century, bringing the history down to the death of
the Tzar Alexei Mikhailovitch. During the seventeenth century many
attempts were made at collections and chronicles, the only one
approaching fullness being the "Chronicle of Nikon," so-called,
probably, because it was compiled by order of the Patriarch Nikon.

During the seventeenth century a