2. Slavs & Vikings Rurik- builds cities like Kiev Vladimir I- 989 CE –Decision between Christianity & Islam –??????

3. Mongol Invasion Batu Khan –Created tributes to Tatar State –No money left to build

4. The Ivan's Ivan III- Ivan the Great –1480 CE –Tsar of 3 rd Rome –Refused to pay tributes Ivan IV- Ivan the Terrible –1533 CE –Began conquest & Colonialization of Siberia –“Reign of Terror”

5. Romanov Dynasty 1613 CE Rule for 304 years 1698 CE- Peter the Great –Western Society- cut of beards of nobles –Revolutionary Ideas 1760 CE- Catherine the Great –Continued Peter’s reforms

6. Napoleon Invades 1812 CE Defeated by Russian Winter

7. Tsar Nicholas II Considered a Reactionary Russian Revolution 1920-1991 Soviet Union or Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)