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History
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In the 1200s Mongol warriors from Russia took over Kievan Rus. Kiev lost a lot of its power when they were under Mongol rule.
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After the Mongol warriors conquered Kievan Rus The Slavic people settled new territory called Muscovy. The leader was Ivan III. He was suck a strong leader that he was called Ivan the Great
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St. Petersburg was built in 1703. It became the capital of Russia. It was on the Baltic coast. the Russian Empire was expanded to the Pacific Ocean.
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In 1812 Napoleon Bonaparte and his French army invaded Russia. The French had to walk hundreds of miles to get to Moscow. On the way whenever they passed a village they would burn it down.
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The people in 1917 wanted change and they demeanded for the czar to step down from the throne. Vladimir Lenin led a revolt and he wanted a communist government. Lenin moved the capital to Moscow because he was scared of invasion.
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Stalin became leader of russia and did'nt let Soviet people practice their religion. He had secret police killed anyone who disagreed with that law.
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In World War II Germany invaded the Soviet Union. The people from the Soviet Union joined Great Britain and the United States. They helped them defeat the Germans.
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In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became a Soviet leader. he wanted to reform the Soviet Union. The policy of glasnost that he sent out said people could speak their thoughts without fear.
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In 1991 communists tried to overthrow the government with military force. Boris Yeltsin told the people to stand strong and eventually the communists were forced to give up.
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In 1991 Yeltsin had sucsess in building a democracy. The Soviet Union no longer exsisted.
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The Slavs, or early Russians, had a settlment along the border of Ukraine and Russia. They built a civilization around Kiev.
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The citizens of Kievan Rus converted to Eastern Orthodox. This was because missionaries spread their religion to Kievan Rus
