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Mongol Warriors conquered Kievan Rus.
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Ivan III became known as Ivan the Terrible because he was such a powerful ruler
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Ivan the terrible declares himself Czar, or Emperor of Russia
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Peter the Great builds a new capital- St. Petersburg- close to Europe near the Baltic sea
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A french army led by Napolean Bonaparte, invaded Russia
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Czar Alexander II freed the Serfs
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Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky wrote the ballet's: Swan Lake and The Nutcraker
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Russia joined France and Brittian to fight Germany and Austria in World War I
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There was a revolution that forced Czar Nicholas II to step down from the throne
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Stalin died and Lenin took over and became a harsh dictator
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Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II
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Igor Stravinsky wrote the fire bird suite
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Gorbachev became Soviet Union Leader
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Communist government had fallen
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Communists attempted a Coup on Yelstin
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Soviet Union no longer existed as a nation
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Russians have joined with the americans and people from other countries in building the Internation Space Station
