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  • 800

    800 CE

    800 CE
    In 800 CE scandinavian warriors and slavs settle near volga and dnieper river
  • 1200

    1200 CE

    1200 CE
    Mongols invade kiev an drule the area for over 200 years
  • 1470

    1470 CE

    1470 CE
    Ivan lll "the great" ended mongol rule and expanded territory
  • 1530

    1530 CE

    1530 CE
    Ivan lV "the terrible" became russias first crowned czar and the country faced foreign invasion, economic decline and social upheave

  • 1650 CE

    1650 CE
    peasants became serfs

  • 1917 CE

    1917 CE
    Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II

  • 1917-1924

    1917-1924
    Vladimir Lenin was head of Soviet government

  • 1985

    1985
    Mikhail Gorbachev assumed power

  • 1991

    1991
    communism collapsed and republics declared their independence

  • 1999

    1999
    Vladimir Putin became president, stabilized government, joined NATO, and is still president