Brief History Of Russia
Several people, including Asian Huns, Turkish Avars, and Asian Huns, invaded Russia over many centuries. Most parts of the Russian continent were inhabited by Eastern Slavs by 9th century. It was only after the advent of the Scandinavian warriors and traders called the Varangians that these fragmented groups of Eastern Slavs got united and formed the state of Russia. |
Vladimir I, who ruled the state from year 980 to 1015, declared Christianity as the state’s common religion. As he himself followed Greek Orthodox Sacrament, the influence of the Byzantine culture was quite evident during this time. During the period between 1237 and 1240, numerous Russian cities were overrun and destroyed by the Tatars (Mongols) army led by Batu Khan. They established the great Golden Horde Empire, which remained in power in Russia until 1480, after which they were defeated by Dmitri Donskoi.
The outlook and culture of 17th century Russia was mainly medieval in nature. Increasing autonomy over peasants and land grants were offered as compensation to the nobles, who consequently became progressively more domineering over time. This made serfdom a legalized Russian tradition by 1649. The practice of enserfment reached heights by 18th century, giving rise to numerous aggressive peasant revolts, remarkably the ones led by Pugachev in 1773-1775 and by Stenka Razin in 1667-1671.
Other turning points on the history of Russia included the infamous, one year long Russo-Japanese War of 1904 followed by the great 1905 Russian Revolution; proclamation of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic in 1917; and the USSR (Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic) formation in 1922. The nationalist movements and oppressive political controls of Soviet Republics continued for nearly 70 years, after which they were brought to an end under the rule of President Gorbachev. Further reforms were made after Boris Yeltsin was made the Russian President in 1990. However, the power-sharing contract that he signed with Gorbachev and eight other republican leaders led to the final collapse of the Soviet. Consequently, Belarus and Ukraine separated to form the Commonwealth of Independent States. Russia finally took over the UN seat of USSR.
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