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During this time, many Slavs moves north and built small settlements, one of which was Moscow.
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Ivan III, known as "Ivan the Great", declared independence from Mongol rule.
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Ivan IV, known as "Ivan the Terrible", become the czar of Russia. He ruled harshly, and used secret police to carry out his will. He expanded Russia's territory to the Caspian Sea and past the Ural Mountains by conquering neighboring territories.
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Russia's territory had been expanded to the Pacific Ocean by Czar Peter the Great.
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Loenid Brezhned, a feared Soviet leader, dies.
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Boris Yelsin is elected as President of the Soviet Union.
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The Sobiet Union splits up into 15 different countries.
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Boris Yelsin resigns from his presidency.
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Boris Yelsin dies of heart failure.
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Mikhail Gorbechev becomes leader of the Soviet Union.
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Slavs from what is now Ukraine and Russia built Kiev.
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity was spread by missionaries from the Byzantine Empire to Kievian Rus. The missionaries also brought a written language to the civilization.
