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Feb 12, 1223
Mongol invasion
The Mongols invaded Russia and took over everything but Moscow. Because Moscow wa surrounded by Mongols, they missed the renaissance.
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May 3, 1299
Moscow
Moscow was founded and became the capitol of russia. -
Jan 1, 1400
Ivan The Third
Ivan the Third came to power and organized Russia.
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May 3, 1480
Mongols leave
The Russians finally drove the mongols out of their country, and back to Mongolia.
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May 3, 1547
Ivan The Terrible
Ivan the 4th came to power in Russia. He was the first real czar for a full period.
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Apr 5, 1555
St. Basil's Cathedral
St. Basil's Cathedral was sponsered by and ordered by Ivan the 4th, and it is in Red Square, Moscow.
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Russian Exploreer
Laptev, an explorer, expanded the russian terretory into the middle of the arctic circle. -
Napoleon Attacks Russia
Napoleon, trying to achieve world domination, attacks Russia with 600,000 men, and leaves with less than ten thousand. -
Alexander 2nd emancipated the slaves
Alexander the second freed the 23 million slaves in Russia. This caused the middle class to grow a whole lot bigger. -
Last Czar Murdered
Czar Nicholas the Second and his family were killed by a firing squad in a cellar. The Czar's power in Russia was over. -
WWII
Russia joins the allied forces in WWII because the Germans broke their treaty with the Russians. -
Cold War
Cold war against the US started. Not a single shot was fired the whole war.
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin gets inaugurated today. This will be his third 4 year term as the russian president. -
Vikings settle in Russia
Vikings traveled down the Dneiper river and started small farming settlements in western Russia. -
Fall of Khazars
Volga became dominated by the state of Volga Bulgaria. -
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