russia history

  • Dec 19, 1462

    1st czar of Russia

    1st czar of Russia
    Ivan the III (The Great) ruled Russia from 1462-1505.he is the frist czar of Russia.
  • Russia revolution

    Russia revolution
    ending of the ruling of the czar
  • soviet union created

    soviet union created
    communist party had organized the different people absorbed during the centures of Russia's expansion.
  • world war II

    world war II
    world war II was called the cold war because it never grew into open warfare between the two nations.
  • cold war begins

    cold war begins
    world war II broke out in 1939.by late 1940s tensions between the USA and the USSR.
  • cold war event

    cold war event
    people called world war II the cold war becuse it never grew into open warfare between the twonations.the fight of the two superpowerscountinued into the mid- 1980s.
  • sputnik

    sputnik
    russia made the first sattilite launch in space. the US got scared.and Questioned how smart the US really are. the US thought the Russians were smarter than them.
  • u-2 Affair

    u-2 Affair
    An american high-altiude U-2 spy plane got shot down.The Soviet Union captured the pilot that got shot down.
  • star wars

    star wars
    a space based defensive sheild that would use laser and other advanced technologly to destory attacking missiles far above the earth's surface.
  • stalin

    stalin
    joseph Stalin had taken over the leadership of the ussr when world war 2 broke out in 1939. Stalin He had a very big impact on the atomic bomb.