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Feb 1, 1462
Ivan III (The Great)
~Co-ruled w/ his father starting at age 6
~Launched war against Novgorod(winning Finland-> Ural Mountains
~Made Moscow "power-central" of Russia -
Feb 1, 1547
Ivan IV (The Terrible)
~1st Czar of all of Russia
~Created an Elite Army
~Ordered the building of the St. Basil Cathedral and then blinded the architechs -
Michael Romanov
~Founder of Romanov Dynasty
~1st Czar not by blood -
Peter I (The Great)
~Gave himself the "Great" title
~Shared the throne with Ivan -
Catherine II (The Great)
~Engaged to Grand Duke Peter (the rightful air)
~Exploited him and had him arrested, forcing him to abdicate his throne
~Expanded education to include emphasis on Art and Science -
Alexander II
~Signed the Treaty of Paris
~Assassinated in 1881 -
Nicholas II
~Started the Russo-Japanese War
~Dissolved Duma -
Alexander Kerensky
~Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government
~Then became Minister of War
~Then the Prime Minister
-Kept Russia in war
-Didn't give any land to peasants -
Vladimir Lenin
~Led the October Revolution
~Gave land to peasants (Making him a favorite of the constituents)
~Survived attempted assassination in 1918
~Suffered a stroke in 1922 and died in 1924 -
Joseph Stalin
~Attempted to convince his grade school peers to Marxism
~Leader of the Communist Party
~Spent 18 months in prison
~Sent to Siberia afterwards -
Nikita Khrushchev
~Active communist
~Secretary of Ukrainian Communist Party -
Boris Yeltsin
~1st leader of Russia elected by the people -
Vladimir Putin
~General Secretary of Communist Party of Soviet Union
~2nd President of the Russian Federation -
Dmitiri Medvedev
~3rd President of the Russian Federation -
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev
~1st Christian ruler
~Brought Christianity to Kiev -
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