HWS 23-24 Russia Chronological

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Includes a bunch of semi-relevant events! To use, shuffle, pick a couple of terms (I recommend 5-15), then put them in order! the flashcard order is chronological :)

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First Russians (Kievan Rus)

500 AC

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Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev rules

978

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Vladimir converts to eastern orthodox christianity

987

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Mongols attack and destroy Kiev

1240

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Russia falls behind the rest of the world

1300s-1400s

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Ivan III (great) frees Russians from mongol rule

1480

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Ivan IV (terrible) becomes Czar

1547

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Ivan the Terrible leaves

1564

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Michael Romanov elected Czar

1613

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Peter the Great

1682

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Russia begins to westernize and modernize

1700s

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Catherine the Great

1762

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Paul(son of catherine)

1796

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Communism is founded by Karl Marx

1848

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Alexander II frees the serfs

1861

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Nicholas II and Alexandra

1894

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World War I Starts

1914

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Rasputin dies

1916

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Russian monarchy ends

1917

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Alexander Kerensky is prime minister

1917

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Russian revolution and civil war

1917

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WWI Ends

1918

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Vladimir Lenin founds the Soviet Union

1922

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Bolsheviks seize power

1923

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Josef Stalin vs Leon Tronsky

1928

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Stalin takes over

1928

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WW2

1939

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Leon Trosnky assasinated

1940

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Cold War starts

1947

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End of Stalins rule

1953

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Nikita Khrushev

1955

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Soviets launch Sputnik

Soviets launch Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite

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Leonid Brezhnev

1964

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Yura Andropov

1982

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Konstantine Chemenko

1984

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Mikhail Gorbachev (START treaties that limit nuclear weapons)

1985

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Cold War ends

1989

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Soviet Union collapses

1991

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Boris Yeltsin (alcoholic)

1991

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Vladimir Putin

2008