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In the A.D. 1200's warriors from Central Asia, conquered Kievan Rus. These people were the fierce Mongols. While Kiev was under Mongol rule, Kiev lost much of its power.
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In 1480 the prince of Muscovy, Ivan 3rd rejected Mongol rule. Along with this he declared independence for the people. He bacame known as Ivan the great.
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When Muscovy developed into Russia Ivan the 4th declared himself czar. He ruled very harshly. He used secret police to carry out his will. Because of this he became known as Ivan the terrible.
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Peter the great played a big part in the expandsion of Russia. He did this by building a new capital called St. Petersburg. It was close to the Baltic coast and eventually expanded to the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1812 Napolean Bonapart invaded Russia. The French forces marched hundreds of miles to capture Moscow. Russia burned villages and any supplies the French could use. Russians abandoned Moscow and the czar moved to St. Petersburg.
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Russia joined France and Britain so they could battle Germany and Austria. Russia suffered defeat because they were not prepaired. Many of the peole blamed their current czar who was Nicholas II for the countries poor prepairedness in the war
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Vladimir Lenin and his suspects created a new union called the Soviet Union. The Union was formed of 15 republics. This was the largest republic in that time.
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Lenin followed the ideas of a German political thinker named Karl Marx. Marx believed that system in which factory owners had lots of power but, the workers had very little power. He wanted to make everyone equal. Because of this Lenin stopped the Soviet Union.
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In A.D. 800 The slavic people built a civilization. They built this civilization around the city of Kiev. They settled on the great trade rout of Scandinavia and Constantinopl.
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In A.D. 988 the people of Kievan Rus converted to Easter Orthodox Christianity. The missionaries brought a writen language the Kiev. THey adopted Orthodox in the 10th centurary
