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At this time, the Mongols invade Rus (Russia). Moscow STAYS STRONG! Moscow does not get invaded.
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Ivan the Terrible (Ivan IV) becomes czar. Anyone who opposed him would be murdered, he strengthened the power of the throne, he began expanding the Russian Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church supported him and moved it's headquarters to Moscow. He also is supported by the Russian nobility because they got land and servants in return and he paid for the building of the St. Basil's Cathedral.
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Michael Romanov becomes czar. He makes serfdom legal.
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Peter the Great becomes czar. He toured Europe and brought back some modernization (gave a few freedoms to serfs). He moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
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Russia expands from Finland and Poland down to central Asia near the Caspian Sea and east all the way across Alaska to San Fransisco.
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During the 1800's, Russian citizens began to oppose the czars.
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Napoleon, who is from France, invades Russia with 600,000 men. He epically fails because the Russians fight back and Napoleon and his army flee; he left with fewer than 10,000 men.
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Alexander II becomes czar. He built railroads, emancipated the serfs, established a jury system, increased freedom of the press and made a modern banking system.
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Alaska is sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million.
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Czar Alexander II is assassinated by a terrorist bomb
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Czar Alexander III orders the first Fabrege Egg for his wife, Czarina Maria.
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The Trans-Siberian Railroad was completed. It ran for 4,500 miles.
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Czar Nicholas II orders his army to stop the riots caused by food shortages, but they don't do it and join the riots instead.
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On this day, Vladimer Putin is inaugurated Russian Federation President.
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The Vikings settle in a land and name it Rus.Therefore, they call themselves Russians.
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