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Jan 1, 800
Scandinavian Warriors move in
Scandinavian Warriors (Varangians) & Slavs settle near Volga & Dnieper Rivers -
Jan 1, 1200
The Mongols invade
Mongols invade Kiev and rule area for over 200 years. at the time they had the most power because they can ride horses and shot bows. -
Jan 1, 1470
Ivan III ends Mongol rule
Ivan III “The Great” ended Mongol rule over them by having powerful families come down the volga river to ambush the Mongol forces. and expanded russian territory -
Jan 1, 1530
Ivan IV “The Terrible” is russia's first czar
Ivan IV “The Terrible” became Russia’s first czar. the Country faced foreign invasions, economic decline, & social upheaval. he was known as Ivan “The Terrible” because he murdered, cheated, and flat out abused his power as russia's monarch -
Peter I “The Great” comes to power
in the Late 1600’s the one known as Peter I “The Great” came to power his Goals were to modernize Russia, Enlarge russia's territory, Build a stronger military,Develop trade partners with West Europe, build new capital St. Petersburg (“Window to the West”) -
Peasants are now Serfs
Peasants are now Serfs which are like slaves and do all the dirty work. so it is like sharecropping -
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Czar Alexander II - (1855-1881)
Czar Alexander II moved Serfs to the cities for there labor. he made it where Non-Russians faced prejudice in what is call Russification
(Russification - which encouraged people to speak Russian & follow E Orthodox Christianity)
Workers sought Socialism because of him
(Socialism - belief that calls for greater economic equality in society
Karl Marx -”classless society” equal sharing of wealth, public ownership of land (1848)) -
1917 Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II
Bolsheviks where a revolutionary group, believing in Communism, led by Vladimir Lenin
Communism is the philosophy based on Karl Marx’s ideas that called for the violent overthrow of the government & a society led by workers
Vladimir Lenin was the head of Soviet government from 1917 to 1924 Changed Soviet Union into a one-party Communist State
Organized the death & persecution of up to 140K people, many members of high-class bourgeoisie -
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Joseph Stalin (1922-1952)
Joseph Stalin Governed Russia with an ‘Iron Fist’ from 1922 to 1952. he Eliminated those who disagreed w/his policies because of this he Killed 20-25 million Russians throw Hunger and Murder.
in WWII he Defeated Hitler and Demanded half of Europe after WWII -
Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power
Reform minded
(Perestroika - policy of economic restructuring)
(Glasnost - policy of greater political openness)
