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1
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People from Asia move across the

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Steppe

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These groups of people included the

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Slavs

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Slavs live in Eastern Europe ,including :

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Ukraine and Western Europe .

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The —— invaded the Slavs.

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Vikings

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5
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The Vikings were called

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Rus

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The Vikings make the first state among the Slavs called ——– in kiev.

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Kievan

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7
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Kiev is the city of :

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Ukraine

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The missionaries introduce the

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Orthodox Christian faith

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9
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Also the missionaries put a Greek alphabet called :

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Cyrillic

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10
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In the 1200, the mongols invaders called——- swept out the Central Asia and conquered

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Tatars / Kiev

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11
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In time —- became the strongest state

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Muscovy

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12
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It’s main city was

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Moscow

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After 200 years Muscovy ‘s prince ——- take the control from the mongols

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Ivan III

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The grandson of Ivan III , Ivan IV crowned himself —- or emperor.

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Czar

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15
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Are radical Russian communist group.

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Bolsheviks

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The bolsheviks form a new country called

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(USSR) Union Soviet socialist republics

17
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The USSR include 15 republics the strongest in which was ——

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Russia

18
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The first leader was

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Vladimir Lenin.

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The Soviet Union became a —-

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Communist country

20
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When Lenin dies Joseph Stalin took power , he make a —–

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Dictatorship

21
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Are harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia.

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Gulags

22
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Was tense period were United States and the Soviet Union fight.

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The Cold War.

23
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The Soviet leader made some changes . He introduce some :

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Democracy

24
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Some ethnic groups are :

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Tatars and Ukrainian

25
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The main religion is

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Orthodox Christian.

26
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The main holiday is the

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New year eve

27
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The Russian independent day is

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12 June.

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The st bassil’s cathedral was built in

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1555-1561

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It have —— chapels

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