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Russia

  • The Mongols Invade
    Jan 1, 1200

    The Mongols Invade

    picture from The Mongols invaded (1200-1400) but they didn’t conquer Moscow.
  • Ivan the Terrible
    Jan 1, 1547

    Ivan the Terrible

    picture from Czar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) (1547-1613) murdered anyone who opposed him. Russian nobility supported him in exchange for land and people.
  • The First of the Romanovs

    The First of the Romanovs

    picture from Michael Romanov becomes czar.
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great

    picture from Peter the Great (1689-1725) toured Europe and brought back some modernization, gave freedoms to the lower class, moved capitol from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
  • The Little Man

    The Little Man

    picture form Napoleon invades with 600,000 men, and retreats with less than 10,000.
  • Alexander II

    Alexander II

    picture from Czar Alexander II built railroads, set up a modernized banking system, freed the serfs, increased freedom of the press, established a form of a jury.
  • Alaska

    Alaska

    picture from U.S. bought Alaska for $7.2 million.
  • Czar Nicholas II

    Czar Nicholas II

    picture from Czar Nicholas II reluctantly takes over the throne after his father was murdered.
  • Trans-Siberian Railroad

    Trans-Siberian Railroad

    picture from Trans-Siberian railroad was completed at 4,500 miles long.
  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday

    picture from Bloody Sunday was a massive riot against czars.
  • The Throne

    The Throne

    picture from Czar Nicholas II decides that he must give up the throne.
  • Lenin

    Lenin

    picture from Lenin becomes ruler of Russia makes Russia socialist.
  • The Romanovs

    The Romanovs

    picture from The Romanov family is murdered.
  • The USSR

    The USSR

    picture from USSR (Union of Social Socialist Republics) is established and led by Lenin for 2 years.
  • Stalin

    Stalin

    picture from Stalin becomes sole dictator and had the communist party, KGB, the soviet army, impossible quotas, and collective farms. He made it so that there was no religion, no traditions, and no language except for Russian.
  • The Cold War

    The Cold War

    picture from Cold war was a 40 year war between the USSR and the USA.
  • The Space Race

    The Space Race

    picture from A Space Race began between the USSR and the USA to put satellites in space and a man on the moon.
  • Borrowing Bread

    Borrowing Bread

    picture from The USSR had to borrow food the USA to feed their nation.
  • The End of The Cold War

    The End of The Cold War

    picture from The Cold War finally ends and the Berlin wall was broken down.
  • Putin

    Putin

    picture from (2000-2008) Vladimer Putin is president.
  • The Vikings

    The Vikings

    picture from Vikings from Sweden crossed the Baltic Sea and settled west of the Ural mountains and set up small farming communities.
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    Russian History