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 * __ ​ Topic #1__: __The History of Russia__ (p. 422-425)**


 * L** (What did you learn? Take notes as you read; answer your questions):
 * Russians are descened from Slavs
 * Slavs built a civilization called Kievan Rus
 * Mongolia controled Kievan Rus
 * Ivan III drove the Mongols out of the territory
 * Ivan IV ruled Moscovy during 1500s
 * Peter I became the ruler of Russia in 1698
 * Serfs- farm workers, poor
 * Napolean Bonaparte invaded Russia in 1812 built failed because of weather
 * Czar Alexander II freed serfs
 * The people of Kievan Rus accepted Eastern Othodox Christianity
 * Moscow became the center of a new Slavic territory
 * Ivan IV used a secret police to tighted his iron grip on the people- 1500s
 * Peter I built St. Petersburg
 * czar= emperor
 * Between 1917 and 1922 Russia had a war
 * In 1861, Russians began to industrialize, get rid of serfs.
 * St. Petersburg was built to copy Europe
 * 1914 World War 1 satrted
 * Russia did not progress politicaly
 * 1812 became a symbol of Russian patriotism
 * Mongol rule greatly reduced kiev's wealth and power
 * Russia started to rely on manufacturing
 * Muscovy turned into a country ruled by czars
 * Napolean invaded Russia which started a war but Russia won
 * There were many terrible battles in western Europe
 * In the late 1800's Russia began to industrialize
 * When serfs were set free, they were in poverty
 * Russian Empire ended in 1917
 * There's a music piece called 1812 Overture
 * Bottom of society were great amounts of people
 * most were serfs
 * Findland didn't want to be in the U.S.S.R.
 * Russians wanted to see more sophisticated like Europe