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Jan 1, 1555
st. basil's cathedarl
reconstruction begins on st.bassils's cathedral in moscow. -
russian othodox church
nikon becomes head of the russian othodox church and makes re forms that lead to a religious upheaval called the great schism -
peter the great
petrer the great becomes czar of russia and later moves the capital to st. petersburg -
napoleon
the french genaral nepoleon retreats during winter after a failed attack on russia -
russsia loses alaska
united states bought alaska from russia -
joseph stalin
he had taken over leadership of the ussr -
soviet union
joseph stalin led the soviet union in the fight aginst nazi germany