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Mongols invaded from 1200 to 1400. The small princedom of Moscow, which later became the capital, was conquered.
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He was also called Ivan the Terrible.
- Anyone who opposed him was murdered.
- Expanded Russia.
- Strenghtened the power of the throne
- Russian nobility supported him.
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Michael Romanov was the first of the many Romanovs to become Czar.
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1689 - 1725
- Toured Europe and brought back some modernization.
- Gave freedoms to the lower class.
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Napoléon Bonaparte, from France, invades Russia with over 600,000 men and came out with only 10,000.
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- Emancipated the serfs and gave them more oppurtunities for life
- Built railroads
- Modern banking system
- Established a jury system
- Freedom of the press
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Alaska was sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million.
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Czar Alexader III came into power after Czar Alexander II was assasinated. Czar Alexader III ordered the first Fabrege Egg for his wife, Czarina Maria.
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Czar Nicholas II reluctantly becomes czar at age 26.
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The Trans-Siberian Railroad was completed. It was 4,500 miles long.
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Alexader II abdicated the throne, but he didn't want to give it to his son, so he asked his brother, but his brother refused the offer.
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Lenin becomes leader of the Russian Communist Part and followed Karl Marx's ideals, which were that everyone should be equal and the government should provided for the people.
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THey were held under house arrest in St. Petersburg, then moved to Siberia, and next to Yekaterinburg, which is where they were murdered.
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USSR, which stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, was established.
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Joseph Stalin became sole dictator of the USSR. he mantained power in three ways: Communist party, KGB, a national secret police force, and The Soviet Army. IF you didn't obey the Communist Party, you could be sent to prison camps in Siberia or killed.
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The Cold War is a 40 year sandoff between the US and Russia. Both countries were nuclear superpowers, but never fired, because they were afraid of world destruction.
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In 1948, the USSR takes over Berlin, Germay and splits it between France, the US, Great Britain, and themselves. France, the US, and Great Britain formed a Democracy in their parts, while the USSR is forming a Communist economy. The US is worried that the USSR are trying to spread Communism all over the world.
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The United States and Russia had a Space Race to see who could reach the moon and who could put the first satellites in space. This happened from 1957 to 1975.
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In 2000 Vladimer Putin was elected president. He had an eight year consecutive term.
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The new president Medvedev is inaugurated. Putin was his right hand man and was still helping him. Some people believe that he was basically leading for three straight tems.
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Vladimer Putin will become president again.
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Vikings settled in Rus and set up small farming communities. They got alot of their culture from the Byzantine Empire.
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