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Apr 18, 1480
ivan 3
he declared russia independent from mongol rule -
Apr 1, 1547
ivan 4
he killed many people so was known as ivan the terible. he also murderd his own son with an iron pole. ivan had secret police that killed people that opposed ivan. he was also the first czar of russia. -
czar peter builds st ptersburg
he wanted a warm water port city to have the capital. st ptersburg opened up trade with the rest of europe. -
napolean invades russia
he was defeted by the climate and the constant attacks -
alexander 2 frees the serfs
serfs were poor muslims. they were basicly slaves because they could be bought and sold along with land. alexander 2 freed them from their slavery, but that did not save them from poverty. -
Russia joins ww1
they sufferd millions of casualtys -
Russia overthrows the czar
riots, food shortages and protests sparked a revolution. bolsheviks forced czar nicholas II from the throne. lenin and the bolseviks soon completly overthrough the themporary government and made a communist state. lenin was the first leader of the USSR -
stalin
he was a hersh dictator that sent many russians to the gulag. he was ruler during WWII -
gorbachov
he made glasnot -
soviat union collapses
rebelion and unrest make it collapse. -
failed coup
hard line communists tried to overthrow lenin. -
vikings make first russian capital, novgorod
the nordic vikings wanted a trade post. so they sailed south from norway and sweden. novgorod, the city that they created ws called novgorod. -
slavs make keiven rus
they made a trade post to connect constantinople and western eroupe. the city was called kiev and the country, keiven rus. -
Russia accepts Christianty
missionarys came from greece to spread orthodox religion. the russians accepted.