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Apr 5, 1462
Ivan III (The Great)
Laid foundations for the Russian State.
Tripled the territory of his state.
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Dec 3, 1533
Ivan IV (The Terrible)
First ruler to be crowned Tsar of all Russia.
His long reign added regions to Russia making it a multiethnic state that was almost one billion acres. -
Michael Romanov
Founder of the romanov Dynasty.
Obtained peace with Sweden and Poland.
The beginning of his reign marked the end of the "Times of Trouble". -
Peter I (The Great)
Westernized Russia.
Created Russia's first Navy.
Expanded the Tsardom into and Empire. -
Catherine II (The Great)
Longest-ruling female leader of Russia.
Coup on her husband, the tsar, Peter III, which she was successful in and became empress of russia.
Westernized Russia much like Peter I.
Colinized Alaska. -
Alexander II
Assassinated in 1881.
Sold Alaska to the U.S.A
Negotiated peace in the Crimean war. -
Nicholas II
Last emperor of Russia.
Defeated in the Russo-Japanese war. -
Alexander Kerensky
Activist for the communist party during the 1917 revolution.
A political figure before and during communist controled Russia. -
Vladimir Lenin
Leader of the Bolsheviks.
Head of the Soviet Union for the first seven years until his death in 1924. -
Joseph Stalin
A Bolshevik Revolutionary.
Leader of the USSR during WWII and until 1953.
Killed many Russians in Goulags in Siberia. -
Nikita Khrushchev
De Stalinized the USSR.
Strongly backed the Soviet Space Program. -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last Head of state for the USSR.
A major contributor in the dissolution of the soviet union.
Won a Nobel peace prize. -
Boris Yeltsin
First President of the Russian Federation. -
Vladimir Putin
Second President of Russia.
During his Presidency the GDP went up by 72%. -
Dmitri Medvedev
Third president of Russia.
Law enforcement reform.
Anti-corruption campaign in the government. -
Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev
Converted most of Kievan Russia to christianity.
Reconquered Novogrod.
