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1480 Ivan III freed Russia from the Mongols
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1552-1556 - Ivan the Terrible conquers the Tatar khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan and establishes Russian rule over lower and middle Volga.
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1605-1613
Time of trouble -
1689-1725 - Peter the Great introduces far-reaching reforms, including creating a regular conscript army and navy, subordinating the church to himself and creating new government structures.
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1700-1721
The Great Northern War -
1724
The Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great. -
1812
Napoleon invaded Russia. -
1853-1856
The Crimean War. Fight between Russia, and the alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Ottoman Empire. The war was epitomized by military incompetence on all sides. The war was an embarrassing defeat for Russia The Black Sea was made neutral ground, which prohibited warships, and any fortifications on its shores. -
1898 The Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was established by the Marxists
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1914 World War I broke out and the Russians fought the Germans and Austrians