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Mar 6, 1500
Ivan III Conquers Lithuania
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Mar 6, 1505
Ivan III Replaced by Basil II
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Mar 6, 1532
Basil II Conquers Tatar khanate of Kazan.
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Mar 6, 1547
Basil II Succeeded by His Son Ivan IV
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Mar 6, 1550
Ivan IV Reforms the Russian Army
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Mar 6, 1556
Ivan IV Conquers khanate of Astrakhan, Russia Expands to the Caspian Sea.
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Period: Mar 6, 1556 to Mar 6, 1563
Russia in War against Livonian Order and Tatar Khanates.
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Period: Mar 6, 1565 to Mar 6, 1579
Crimea and Siberia Fight Against Russia while Ivan IV terrorizes the populace.
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Period: Mar 6, 1582 to
Russia continues to fight Siberia and Tatar Khanates. Ivan IV's son Fodor takes command.
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Russia finally defeats the Tatars. Boris Godunov takes command.
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Godunov is killed in a coup. Basil IV takes command.
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Poland invades and takes over Russia.
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Civil war and rebellion ends. Russia has been devastated.
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Ukraine rises up against Russia and Poland.
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Religious civil war breaks out and Russia again delcares war on Poland.
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Fyodor III takes charge and tries to return order to Russia.
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Russia and Poland sign a peace treaty.
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Russia and Turkey sign a peace treaty after years of border conflicts.
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Sweden invades Russia and if eventually defeated.
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Russia and Austria officially become allies.
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Russia and Austria fight and win against France in the War of the Polish Secession.
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Russia conquers Sweden.
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Ekaterina II stages coup.
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Russia invades, defeats, and steals land from Ottoman Empire.
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Russia Annexes Crimea
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The Ottomans and Sweden go to war against Russia and Austria
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Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire and gains control of Southern Ukraine.
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Russia conquers Poland and splits Poland's land between Russia and Prussia.
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Russia and Prussia quell a revolt in Poland.
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Russia sends troops to help push French forces out of Italy.
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Russian forces pull out of Italy and retreat to Southern Germany.
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Persia declares war on Russia.
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Russia and Britain delcare war on the Ottoman Empire.
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Russia invades Sweden and takes over Finland.
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Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire and gains more land.
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Napoleon invades Russia, but fails due to scorched earth tactics.
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Persia surrenders to Russia.
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Aristocratic army officers launch a failed revolution.
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Russia goes to war with Persia over the territory of Georgia.
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Russia, France, and Britain defeat Egypt.
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Russia annexes Persian territory.
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Russia again goes to war against the Ottomans.
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Russia defeats the Ottomans, gains more territory, and helps Greece and Serbia gain independence.
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The Straits Convention is ratified by most European powers, trapping the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.
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Russian troops crush a Romanian rebellion.
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Russia helps Austria stop a rebellion.
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The Crimean War begins between Russia and the Ottomans.
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Britain and France join the Crimean War, against Russia.
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The Crimean War ends with the destruction of the Russian fleet. The Ottomans regain control of many territories.
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Russia attacks Muslims in the Caucasus, destroying resistance and forcing thousands of Muslims to flee.
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As Russia conquers more territory, they turn to further subjugating and crushing Poland, destroying Polish culture.
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Russia conquers more territory within the Middle East.
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Russia annexes Uzbekistan.
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Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire to defend Bulgaria and Serbia.
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Russia defeats the Ottomans, but is then countered by Britain.
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Russia conquers Turkmenistan.
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Russia and Britain again come into conflict over Central Asian territory, and the two become enemies.
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France and Russia sign an alliance.
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Politicians are assassinated by the Social Revolutionary Party.
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Japan defeats the Russian fleet and takes over several of Russia's eastern territories.
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Social Revolutionaries carry out terrorist attacks that kill 1,400 people.
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3,000 people are killed in more terrorist attacks by the Social Revolutionary Party.
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World War I breaks out and Russia joins other countries against Germany, Austria, and Turkey.