Russia

RUSSIA(Chris Nadermann and Eithan Phillipe)

oround the 1400s russia had alot of f territorial expansion and growing importance.Russia began it's territorial expansion while working to strengthen the tsarist state in what proved to be the empire's early modern development. Cities were rural, and 95 percent of the population remained rural. The empire existed from 1450-1700 and was in for a new set of changes which led them to one of the most successful civilizations ever One of the most important things was russian freedom ,in order for Russia to establish freedom,they needed to get free of Mongol control.

Area: 17 million sq. km.(pop. 17.7 million); about 1.8 times the size of the United States. Cities: //Capital//--Moscow. //Other cities//--St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhniy Novgorod. Terrain: Broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern borders. Climate: Northern continental
 * Geography**

when russia eas ruled by ivan the great a lot of Russia was freed after Russia Has Also Been Known To Have Very Strong Armies .
 * Political: **

=Rulers of Russia Since 1533 =    []
 * ~ Name ||~ Ruled 1 ||~ Born ||
 * [|Ivan IV the Terrible] || 1533–1584 || 1530 ||
 * Theodore I || 1584–1598 || 1557 ||
 * [|Boris Godunov] || 1598–1605 || c.1551 ||
 * Theodore II || 1605–1605 || 1589 ||
 * Demetrius I 2 || 1605–1606 || ? ||
 * Basil IV Shuiski || 1606–1610 3 || ? ||
 * “Time of Troubles” || 1610–1613 || — ||
 * [|Michael Romanov] || 1613–1645 || 1596 ||
 * [|Alexis I] || 1645–1676 || 1629 ||
 * Theodore III || 1676–1682 || 1656 ||
 * [|Ivan V] 4 || 1682–1689 5 || 1666 ||
 * [|Peter I the Great] 4 || 1682–1725 || 1672 ||
 * [|Catherine I] || 1725–1727 || c.1684 ||
 * [|Peter II] || 1727–1730 || 1715 ||
 * [|Anna] || 1730–1740 || 1693 ||
 * [|Ivan VI] || 1740–1741 6 || 1740 ||
 * [|Elizabeth] || 1741–1762 || 1709 ||
 * [|Peter III] || 1762–1762 || 1728 ||
 * [|Catherine II the Great] || 1762–1796 || 1729 ||
 * [|Paul I] || 1796–1801 || 1754 ||
 * [|Alexander I] || 1801–1825 || 1777 ||
 * [|Nicholas I] || 1825–1855 || 1796 ||
 * [|Alexander II] || 1855–1881 || 1818 ||
 * [|Alexander III] || 1881–1894 || 1845 ||
 * [|Nicholas II] || 1894–1917 7 || 1868 ||