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1530 BCE
Ivan IV "The Terrible" became Russia's first crowned czar.
On January 16, 1547, Ivan has crowned tsar and grand prince of all Russia. The title tsar was derived from the Latin title caesar and was translated by Ivan's contemporaries as emperor. -
1470 BCE
Ivan III "The Great" ended Mongol rule: expanded territory.
Iven's rule was to vastly expand the territory of Moscow and Ivan brought the independence of duchies. -
1200 BCE
Mongols invade kiev - rule area for over 200 years.
The Mongol Empire invaded and conquered Kievan Rus in the 13th century, destroying many cities, including Ryazan, Kolomna, Moscow, Vladimir, and Kyiv, with the only major cities escaping destruction being Novgorod and Pskov. -
800 BCE
Scandinavian Warriors (Varangians) & Slavs settle near Volga & Dnieper Rivers
They controlled the Volga trade route between the Varangians and the Muslims, connecting the Baltic to the Caspian Sea and the Dnieper and Dniester trade. The trade route from the Varangians to the Greeks was a medieval trade route that connected Scandinavia, Kievan Rus', and the Eastern Roman Empire. -
Peter I "The Great" came to power.
Peter the Great became tsar in 1682 upon the death of his elder brother Feodor but did not become the actual ruler until 1689. He commenced reforming the country, attempting to turn the Russian Tsardom into a modernized empire relying on trade and on a strong, professional army and navy. -
Peasants became Serfs
Serfdom became the dominant form of a relation between Russian peasants and nobility in the 17th century. Serfdom only existed in central and southern areas of Tsardom of Russia. -
Czar Alexander II assassinated
Czar Alexander II, the ruler of Russia since 1855, is killed in the streets of St. Petersburg by a bomb thrown by a member of the revolutionary Peoples. -
Bolsheviks seized control from Czar Nicholas II
On 31 October 1917 13 November, N.S, the Bolsheviks gained control of Moscow after a week of bitter street fighting -
Cold war
The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. -
Governed Russia with an Iron Fist'
Eliminated those who disagree w/his policies, killed 20-25 million Russians, hunger,Murder. Defeated Hitler in WWII.