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Aug 3, 800
Scandinavian Warriors
Slavs come and settle near the Volga and Dnieper Rivers. -
Jan 1, 1200
Mongols
Mongols come and invade Kiev. They rule the area for the next 200 years -
Jan 1, 1470
Ivan III "The Great"
He helped get rid of the Mongols. He also helped expand territory. -
Jan 2, 1530
Ivan VI "The Terrible"
He was Russia's first Czar. He was a mean leader. He was believed to beat his own son to death and had his people to a sword. He also had a very hard childhood which could explain it. -
Serfs
Serfs were enslaved. They worked for the Russian's. -
Peter I "The Great"
He helped modernize Russia. Economically he help start trade with Europe. He enlarged territory, built a larger military, and built a new capital (St. Petersburg). -
Czar Alexander II
He helped free the Serfs. He was assassinated later on. -
Vladimir Lenin
Changed The Soviet Union into communist.. -
Joseph Stalin
Governed Russia with an ‘Iron Fist’, and killed people who didn't agree with him. -
Cold War
It was 4 decades long. They didn't attack each other there was just a lot tension between the NATOs and Soviet Union.
