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In 800 CE scandinavian warriors and slavs settle near volga and dnieper river
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Mongols invade kiev an drule the area for over 200 years
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Ivan lll "the great" ended mongol rule and expanded territory
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Ivan lV "the terrible" became russias first crowned czar and the country faced foreign invasion, economic decline and social upheave
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peasants became serfs
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Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II
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Vladimir Lenin was head of Soviet government
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Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power
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communism collapsed and republics declared their independence
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Vladimir Putin became president, stabilized government, joined NATO, and is still president
