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Scandinavian Warriors and Slavs settled near the Volga and Dnieper Rivers.
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The Mongols invaded Kiev and ruled for over 200 years.
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Ivan III "The Great" ended the Mongols rule
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Ivan IV "The Terrible" became the first crowned czar of Russia. Country faced great economic decline.
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Peter I "The Great" came to power. His goal was to modernize Russia.
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Czar Alexander II was the ruler.
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Vladimir Lenin was the head of the Soviet government
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Year the Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II.
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Joseph Stalin governed Russia with an "Iron Fist" and defeated Hitler is WWII.
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Communism collapses, command to market economy. In 1991 Vladimir Putin becomes President.
