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Mongols invade Kiev
Slavs moved north and set up trade posts in Moscow. -
Ivan III rejected the mongolrule.
Declared independence.
Known as Ivan the Great. -
Ivan IV declared himself Czar
Ruled harshly
Known as Ivan the Terrible
Conquered and expanded south past The Caspian Sea -
Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
Wanted warm water ports
Built the Capital St Petersburg
If you were wealthy you lived comfortably -
Large land, climate was a great defense
French led by Napolean Bonaparte invaded Russia
Russian Army burned land and farms
Russia won and remained independent -
Freed 40 million slaves
Modernized Russia and built industries
Remained Poor -
Russian Joins France and Great Britan to fight Germany and Austria in WWI
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People of Russia staged a revolution
Forced Czar Nicholas II to step down
Family sent to a home in Siberia where they were murdered. -
Set a communist state and government controlled economy
Moved Capital from St Petersburg inland to Moscow
Created U.S.S.R. in 15 republics
Followed Karl Marx's ideas (political thinker)
Wanted everyone equal
Ended private ownership
Government owned farms & factories
Lenin died 1924 -
Harsh dictator
Did not allow citizens to practice religions property was seized
Killed anyone who desagreed with policies. -
Germany invaded Soviet Union
Soviets join US and Great Britan to defeat Germans
Stalin set up troops in neighboring countries. -
Cold War meant that no weapons were fired
NATO- Europe democracies- US group of nations
Warsaw Pact = soviet Union = group communist countries= Europe -
Gorbachev- Soviet Union Leader
Glastnost- openess to say or write what you thought
Perestroika= reconstructing to boost economy
Citizens doubted communism
Huge protests -
President of U.S.S.R.
Built a democracy and market economy
All of the regions communist governments had fallen
Collapse of the Soviet Union -
Increased government control dealing with crime and violence.
Served as second president of Russia -
AD 800: Slavs build Kiev - Prospered with trade
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AD:988- Converted to Eastern Orhodox Christianity.
Missionaries brought the form of Christianity from Byzantine Empire to Kievan Rus
Brought writen language -
