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Steppe Region
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Admired Byzantine culture –became Orthodox Christians
Prince Vladimir I Admired Byzantine culture –became Orthodox Christians
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Mongol Invasion By 1240 Russia part of the Mongol Empire – had to pay tribute through taxes
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Stopped paying tribute and declared himself leader of Russia
Ivan III Known as Ivan the Great Stopped paying tribute and declared himself leader of Russia
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Ivan IV Ivan the Terrible
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The Romanovs Michael Romanov comes into power after the Time of Troubles (years of wars and revolts) Family remained in power for 304 years Peter the Great became czar in 1682 – modernizes Russia and looks to the West for trade and development
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Catherine the Great
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Russian Peasants
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Romanov Family
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A Land of Contrasts
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Nicholas II becomes czar in 1894 – he will be the last Russian czar
Russia badly beaten in the with Japan – leads to “Bloody Sunday”
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Food and fuel shortages due to WW I
1917 Riots Food and fuel shortages due to WW I
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Vladimir Lenin Promoted Communism
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History of the Soviet Union: Leadership
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Vladimir Lenin Joseph Stalin
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Leonid Brezhnev Nikita Khrushchev
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Vladimir Putin Mikhail Gorbachev
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Dmitry Medvedev Vladimir Putin
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