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Ivan iii frees Russia from the Mongols, who had previously invaded and captured Russia. This gives Russia freedom.
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He is also known as Ivan the Terrible and is crowned the first Tsar of Russia. He conquers Kazan and extends his kingdom.
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Peter the Great became czar. He modernized the military and made Russia a power in European affairs. He moved capital Moscow to St.Petersburg.
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The Great Northern War happened when, Russia, Denmark, Poland and Saxony were unhappy about Sweden's dominant power over the Baltic Sea.The war went on till August 30 1721.A treaty of the Nysted ended the war. Russia was in charge of the Baltic coast however, they had to return Finland to Sweden.
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In 1703, Sat. Petersburg was found by Peter.During the course of the Northern war with Sweden, Russia took over the Swedish forces and conquered the lands in the Neva Delta.
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St.Petersburg becomes the capital of the Russian Empire.
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Russia won The Great Northern War gaining territory over Estonia and Livonia.
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Napoleon invades Russia.It began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army.
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Russia looses alliance with Britain, France and other countries.
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Russia sells Alaska to the United States for 7.2 million dollars.
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Russia Goes to war against Japan in Manchurla. Russia fail this war and Japan win
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A Russian revolution happens. The government is overthrown and Vladimir Lenin is in power now.
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Russia exit WW1 after signing a treaty(Brest-Litovsk)claiming peace with Germany.
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Germany invaded Poland bringing Russia into WW2, on 17 Sep 1939
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It was generated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in East Russia. The local tsunami, which generated waves as high as 50 feet, caused massive damage to the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands, and left an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people dead.
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Emma, the fourth typhoon to strike Okinawa within 37 days, was reported to have been the worst typhoon in the memory of living residents. It cost a lot of money and left a lot of people homeless.
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The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow which was in Russian at the time.
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The earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 100 more. The magnitude 4.7 quake damaged roads, power supplies and communications.It left hundreds of residents sheltering in tents and more than 50,000 homes without electricity. This happened a day before regional elections.
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2010 Summer endured the hottest July ever recorded leading up to forest fires.Over 1,500 homes have been destroyed and 40 lives have been lost. as wildfires continue across over 300,000 acres.
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Over 1,000 families have been affected by flooding from the Ishim river in the Tyumen region of Russia.The dam was destroyed due to the huge amount of melting snow and the discharge of water from the reservoir near the city of Petropavlovsk in Kazakhstan.
