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Peter the great had modernized russia and had made a warm water port and created the city and called it St. Petersburg.
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when czar alexander II was in charge
- serfs were moved to cities
- non russians faced prejudice -
- when the soviet union was vs the NATO
- states of tensions were high but they were not directly attacking each other but propped up smaller nations in proxy wars.
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- Boris yeltsin was named the first president of russia during this time.
- there economy went from command to a market economy
- Vladimir putin became president in 1999 and has changed laws so he will always be the president, and we will find out in 2024 if that he will continue to be president.
