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Russian History

By tfuhr23
  • 800

    800 CE

    800 CE
    Scandinavian Warriors and Slavs settled near the Volga and Dnieper Rivers.
  • 1200

    1200 CE

    1200 CE
    The Mongols invaded Kiev and ruled for over 200 years.
  • 1470

    1470 CE

    1470 CE
    Ivan III "The Great" ended the Mongols rule
  • 1530

    1530 CE

    1530 CE
    Ivan IV "The Terrible" became the first crowned czar of Russia. Country faced great economic decline.

  • Late 1600s

    Late 1600s
    Peter I "The Great" came to power. His goal was to modernize Russia.

  • 1855-1881

    1855-1881
    Czar Alexander II was the ruler.

  • 1917-1924

    1917-1924
    Vladimir Lenin was the head of the Soviet government

  • 1917

    1917
    Year the Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II.

  • 1922-1952

    1922-1952
    Joseph Stalin governed Russia with an "Iron Fist" and defeated Hitler is WWII.

  • 1991- present times

    1991- present times
    Communism collapses, command to market economy. In 1991 Vladimir Putin becomes President.