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In the 1200s the Mongols conquered Kiev and in that time much of Kiev lost there power.
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When the Mongols conquered Kiev, they made a trading post called Musovy which is now Moscow.
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In 1480 Ivan the III, later known as Ivan the Great, the prince of Muscovy, rejected Mogol rule and gave independence.
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Ivan the VI, later known as Ivan the Terrible declared himself czar and ruled harshly with secret police.
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A French army with little supplies, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, took over Mosocow. Before the Russians retreated, though, they burned most of the supplies the French could use.
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In 1812, a French army led by Napoleon conquered Mosocow but with so little supplies in harsh weather they had to retreat.
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in 1914, Russia joined WWI unprepared and the people of Russia blamed Czar Nicholas so they had a Civil War.
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Vladmir Lenin fought the rest of what Russia was and started communism which meant he had full power.
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In 1961, an astronaut,Yuri Gagarin, for Russia went to space for the first time in history.
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In 1991 Russia finally gave up Communism and started using Capitalism.
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The empire of Kievan Rus finally lets Christianity spread making it the official religion.
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The Slavs, which are the ancestors of modern Russians, made Kievan Rus.
