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The violent Russian Revolution marks the end of the Romanov dynasty and Russian Imperial Rule
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The violent Russian revolution indicates the end of the Romanov dynasty and Russian imperial rule.
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Joseph Stalin becomes dictator, taking Russia from a peasant society to military and industrial power.
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Joseph Stalin becomes the dictator, changing Russia from a peasant society to a military and power.
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World War II begins, and, in accord with a pact between Stalin and Adolf Hitler.
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World War II began and in accord with a pact between Stalin and Adolf Hitler
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Winston Churchill declares “an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent” and the Cold War grows as the Soviets promote revolution in China.
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Winston Churchill declares “an Iron Curtain has descended across the Continent” and the Cold War grows, the Soviets promote revolution in China
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The soviet union launches Sputnik I, the first satellite that orbits the earth
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The Soviet Union launches Sputnik I, the first satellite.
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The Cuban missile crisis lasted 13 days lead Americans to fear nuclear war.
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The 13-day Cuban Missile Crisis leads Americans to fear nuclear war.
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The 1980 summer Olympics were held in Moscow with several countries boycotting the games in 1979.
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The 1980 Summer Olympics are held in Moscow, with countries, boycotting the games in protest in December 1979.
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Mikhail Gorbachev is elected general secretary of communist party and effectively Russia's leader
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Mikhail Gorbachev is elected general secretary of the Communist Party, effectively Russia’s leader.
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The worlds worst nuclear accident takes place at Chernobyl Nuclear plant near Kiev in Ukraine.
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The Chornobyl disaster, the world’s worst nuclear accident, takes place at the Chornobyl nuclear plant near Kyiv in Ukraine.
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Russian troops enter the breakaway republic of Chechnya to stop an independence movement.
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Boris Yeltsin wins Russia’s first popular presidential election.
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Boris Yeltsin wins Russia's first popular presidential election.
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Following an unsuccessful Community party group, The Soviet union dissolves.
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Following an unsuccessful Communist Party coup, the Soviet Union is dissolved.
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Russian troops enter the breakaway republic of Chechnya to stop an independence movement.
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Vladimir Putin is elected president and reelected in a landslide in 2004.
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Vladimir Putin is elected president and is reelected in a landslide in 2004.
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50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 700 people hostage during a performance of a musical.
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50 Chechen rebels storm a Moscow theater, taking up to 700 people hostage during a performance of a musical.
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The FBI announces an investigation into possible Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer system.