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Apr 18, 1200
Mongol warriors from Asia conquer Kievan rus
Mongols come to Kievan rus and conquer it driving the slavs into slavery. -
Apr 18, 1400
Ivan 3 rejected mongol rule.
Ivan 3 rejected mongol rule and declared independence. He was known as Ivan the Great -
Jun 21, 1547
Ivan 4 ruled Russia with an iron fist
Ivan 4 was called Ivan the terrible because he used secret police to do his bidding. Ivan the terrible killed Millions of people with his secret police. -
St. Peters burg is built
Peter the Great built St. Petersburg on the east cost as the new capital. -
Napoleon Bonaparte was beat by the Russians
Napoleon tried to capture Moscow and had little supplies so thousands of men died from the lack of supplies and constant Russian attacks. -
Alexander 2 freed the 40 million serfs
Czar Alexander 2 freed the 40million serfs but they were not free from poverty. -
Russia fights in World War 1
Russia joins France and Britain to defeat Austria and Germany. -
Revolts happen across russia protesting Czar Nicholas
Everyone blames Czar Nicholas 2 for killing Millions in the war and food shortages. -
U.S.S.R.
The U.S.S.R. is formed by Vladmir Lenin. -
Communsim fails and all communist governments fall
By 1991 all comunist governments have been destroyed and Russians are looking both to the past as to the future. -
Slavs build kiev
The semi-legendary warrior Rurik leads a group of vikings and builds Kiev. The empire is later called Kievan rus. -
Kievan rus accepts Christianity
Kievan rus accepts Christianity as official religion -
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