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Missionaries entered russia
Missionaries entered russia. Missionaries are people who go to one area and spread their religion. This brought the form of religion. -
Mongol rule
Mongol warriors from central asia conquered Kieven Rus. -
Mongol rule ends
Ivan the great ends the mongol rule. -
St.Petersburg is built
Peter the great began to build a new capital called St.Petersburg. It is close to the baltic coast. -
Revolution
The people of russia staged a revolution that forced the czar to step down from the throne. -
Soviet union falls
Th soviet union falls. -
Trying to change the soviet union
Soviets were ready for a change bcause of all the problems that occured in russia (food shortages). -
Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev became soviet leader. He quickly began the number of reforms in the soviet union. -
Falling regions
All of the regions communist governments had fallen. Gorbachev hoped that giving some freedoms would win the people's support. -
Stalin
Joseph stalin became the new ruler. He as a harsh rruler. He prevented the soviet union from practicing there religions. -
Wolrd war II
During world war II, Germany invaded the soviet union. The soviets joined great britain and the united states to defeat the germans. -
Early russia A.D. 800's
The early slavs built civilization around kiev. Today,Ukraine's capital. It is also called the kievan rus.
