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In 1462, Ivan the Great became the czar of Russia.
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In 1470 Ivan launched a war against the Novgorod princedom
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They annexed Lapland, so they got a lot of the land in Northern Russia.
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Russia gained independence from the Mongol Tatars, finally ending 200 years of their rule.
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In 1497 he took as Russia's emblem the double-headed eagle.
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in 1547, when he was 16, he was crowned Czar of all Russia.
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In 1552 Ivan cstopped the Tatar stronghold of Kazan and then of Astrakhan.
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He had the St Basil’s Cathedral built, but when he saw the finished cathedral he liked it so much that he had the architects blinded to prevent them from building anything like it anywhere else.
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He created Russia’s first police force, also called Oprichnina.
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In 1584, Ivan the Terrible ended his rule after ruling Russia for 37 years.
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He became the ruler of Russia
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Traveled around the world in disguise to learn new things and new ways to do things.
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Tried to get black sea access, but gave up.
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Tried to access the Baltic Sea, which took 21 years.
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Changed Russia and other territories he now ruled to Russian Empire.
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Became ruler of the Russian Empire when Alexander I died.
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He expanded Russia by getting new territory.
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Beginning of the Crimean War.
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He died.
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In 1855, age 36, he became ruler of Russia.
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End of the Crimean War.
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IN 1861, he got rid of serfdom.
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In 1863, there was an uprising in Poland.
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In 1877 The Russian-Turkish War begins.
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In 1878, the Turkish-Russian War ended.
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In 1880, he considered having a constitution.
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In 1881, he was killed by a bomb.
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In 1881, he became the tsar of Russia.
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1In 883, he was crowned tsar in Moscow.
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He decided there would be no constitution, and he took harsh security measures on the people.
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He died.
