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czar alexander ll issues an order freeing all russian surfs, that is , peasants held in servitude
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russia takes control of the territory by the late 18 century but did not sell it to the nited states
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the russian revolution occurs.lenin then stalin take power
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russai becomes part of the soviet union
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by world war2 joseph had taken over the leadership of the USSR
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joseph stalin led the soviet union fight against the nazi germany.
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the soviet union falls and russia becomes independent