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Mongols invaded Russia and conquered many cities such as Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladimir and Kiev.
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The troops both approched the Urga River. They fought a 4-day battle both troops trying to cross the river. Eventually the Russians sucseeded through firearms because the Mongold had none.
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Peter the Great starting building St. Petersburg. It helped Russia a lot when the French invaded. It is currently one of the most popular cities in Russia.
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There was a lot of food shortages. Communism was current in on Russia.
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In 1924 Lenin died. Lenin started the Soviet Union.
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Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union. He introduces programs of reform called glasnst and peristroka.
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Reformer Boris Yelstin is elected president of the Russia republic. He shocks soveit officals by quiting the Communist party.
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In August, a group of hard-line Communists tries to seize power from Gorbachev in a failed coup. Yelstin defends Gorbachev. But in December he and the leaders of the other republics create a new alliance to replace the Soviet Union. On December 25 Gorbachev resigns, and the Soviet Union is no more.
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The Soviet Union took over. There was a lot of food shortages. Communism was going and then they fell. The Soviet Union has come to an end.
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The former Soviet Union breaks up into 15 indepent republics, including Russia the largest.
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Soviet law allows private ownership of buisness for the first time in more than 60 years. A new, partially elected legeslative body, the Congress of People's Deputies, replaces the old Supreme Soviet.
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Rus finally decides to let Christanity into Russia. Churches arew built. He must learn what it is like to have a new religon in Russia.
