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Czar Ivan IV commissioned the building of St. Basil’s Cathedral.
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Through 1725, Czar Peter the Great gave freedom to the lower class, and moved Russia’s capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
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Napoleon invades Russia unsuccessfully.
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Czar Alexander II modernizes Russia by: freeing the serfs, building railroads, modern banking systems, giving freedom of the press, and establishing a jury system.
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Russians began to oppose the czar through the end of the 1800’s.
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Nicholas II reluctantly becomes the Czar of Russia at age 26.
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The Trans-Siberian railroad was completed. It was 4,500 miles long! That’s longer than the United States.
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Czar Nicholas II created a constitutional monarchy by establishing the Duma, an elected parliament, giving voice to the people of Russia
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There had recently been many riots due to food shortages. Czar Nicholas II ordered his army to stop the riots, but the army joined the riots instead. Czar Nicholas II is losing control of his army.
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USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union) was established.
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Joseph Stalin became the sole dictator of the USSR.
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Cold war began, and would last for about forty more years.
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USSR took over Berlin, Germany.
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Berlin wall has “fallen.”
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Vikings from Sweden cross the Baltic Sea and settle west of the Ural Mountains (present day Russia).
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Up to the 1500’s, they set up small farming communities and they later became known as the Rus, or Russians. Russia became an absolute monarchy.
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http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trans-Siberian_tunnel.jpg
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