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Mongols conquered the Kieven Territory
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Ivan the Great declared independence of the Kieven Territory.
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Ivan the terrible conquered neighboring territories south to the Caspian Sea and East past the Ural Mountains.
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St. Petersburg becomes the new capital of Russia because of warmer waters for trade.
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Napoleon tried to conquer Russia but failed because of harsh winters and lack of supplies.
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All 40 million serfs, or farm laborers who could be bought and sold with the land, are freed by Alexander the II.
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Russia joined WW1 with Britian and france to fight Germany and Austria but were ill prepared and lost many men and blamed the czar for their deaths.
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Russians staged 2 revolutions that forced the czar to step down from the thrown, and Russia became a communist state where the government controls the economy and society.
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Slavic people settled an area now part of Russia called the Kieven Territory.
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Missionaries, or people who move to another area to spread their religion, came to the Kieven Territory and make Eastern Orthodox Christian the national religion of Russia.
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