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Mongols warriors from central Asia vame and conqured Kievan. This caused the Slavs to move north and make Moscow
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The Mongols came to conquer Moscow, but Ivan the Great rejected them. Ivan the Great earned the title Ivan the Great becasue he was a great ruler.
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Harshly ruled with secret police which he used to carry out hsi will. He also expanded his empire to the Caspian Sea and East past the Ural Mountains.
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He wanted a warm water port, and he made the capital St. Petersburg. He extended his empire into Asia.
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Napoleon Bonaparte lead his French army into Russia to conquer it. Russia reacted by burning its towns and resources, so that Napoleon ran out of resources.
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He freed the countries 40 million serfs. The serfs, however, we still in poverty, so Alexander modernized the economy with factories adn railroads, but the serfs were still in poverty.
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Russia was poorly prepared, so from 1914 to 1916 it suffered many military losses.
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Russians blamed Nicholas for the losses in WWI and food shortages, which endedn in a rebellion.
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He lead the second revolt that overthrew the temporary government.
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He lead the second revolt that overthrew the temporary government. He then set about establishing a communist government.
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Early Slavs built a civilization around Kiev. The Mongols eventually took over this city.
