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From 1200 to 1400 the Mongols (Mongolia) invaded Russia. Yet, Moscow was never conquered.
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Anyone who opposed him would be killed. He comissioned St. Basil's Cathedral with the iconic onion domes. He gauged the eyes out of the person who built it so he could not use his ideas to build anything else.
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Peter The Great became czar when we was only 10 years old. He used to play war games with his real soldiers. Some were killed!
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Napoleon and his French army invade Russia. They entered with 600,000 men and left with less than 10,000.
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Alaska was sold to the USA for $7.2 million. Alaska is our 49th state.
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Alex II was murdered by a terrorist bomb. But after that, Alexander III ordered the first Faberge Egg.
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Czar Alexander III comissioned the first Faberge Egg 1n 1885. The egg was given to Maria, his wife, as a present. It was a tradition until 1917. -
The Trans-Siberian Railroad was completed in 1899 and is 4500 miles long. It went all across Siberia, hence the term Trans-Siberian.
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First, the Romanovs were held under house arrest. then they moved to Siberia. Finally, the moved to Yekaterinburg. They were murdered there.
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the newly formed Soviet Union was led by Vladimir Lenin for two years until he died of a stroke. The USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialists Republic.
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Stalin pictureIn 1929, Joseph Stalin became sole dictator of the Soviet Union. He set impossible quotas to help the industries grow. Under his rule, you could not practice religion or traditions and you could only speak Russian.
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The Space Race between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialsits Republic. It started when USSR launched Sputnik 1. The U.S. thought it was launched to spy on them.
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Berlin Wall pictureIn 1989, the Berlin wall was taken down. It kept East Berlin out of West Berlin.
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Putin pictureVladimir Putin was inaugurated in 2000 as President of Russia. he served 2 terms until 2008. He is now succeeding Dmitry Mevedev.
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In 860, the vikings crossed the Baltic sea from Sweden to somewhere west of the Ural Mountains. They set up small farming communities and eventually small kingdoms.
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