Russia

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  Early history of Russia

  The name Russia comes from the Viking people who arrived at the town of Novgorod (in northwestern Russia) in the 860s. These Vikings were known as the “Varangian Rus”. They...

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  Russian Empire

  The modern history of Russia, beginning in the late 17th century, is largely the story of the Romanov ruling house of tsars—and the attempts made to overthrow them. For long...

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  Russian Revolution

  The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social uprising that took place in the Russian Empire, beginning in 1917, during World War I, and lasting until 1922 when...

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