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First czar of Russia was Ivan III (The Great). He reigned from 1462 - 1505.
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Peter the Great accelerated worldly trends and made Russia into a major European power. He focused on increasing scientific, technical, and military/diplomatic knowledge.
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The Russian Revolution resulted in the ending of the rule of czars. The Communist Party took the place of the czars.
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The Communist Party organizes the territory of Russia into a new nation, the Soviet Union. The new leaders soon took all of the nation's economy and controlled it.
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Josef Dzhugashvili, also known as Stalin, started a plan for the Soviet Union to focus all economic powers to the state. Industrialization and poverty were started by him in the Soviet Union.
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Stalin had taken over the leadership of the USSR and led the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. During this time, relations between the Soviet Union and its allies became worse.
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After WWII, relations between the Soviet Union and the U.S. were at its worst. The Soviet Union's army wanted to spread communism. No open warfare actually occured.
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Russian launches the world's first artificial satellite. This marked the beginning of space technology.
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The Soviets shoot down a U-2 Stealth Plane on a mission over the Soviet Union and capture its pilot. The United States claim it was on a weather mission (the U-2).
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The Soviet Union installedd nuclear missiles in range of the US. After confirming the threat, President Kennedy ordered a naval blockade at Cuba until the Soviets finally agreed to remove the missiles.
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President Reagan outlines his space based system to destroy attacking missiles. The Soviets accuse the U.S of violating the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.
