Russia


 * __ Russia __

// What is the History of Russia? //** "In 1240"(Russia R13)the entirecountry of Russia was put under Mongol control due to the fact that they had been recently conquered by the Golden Horde of Mongolia, this horde was Led by Batu who was a grandson of Genghis Khan(Russia R13).The Russias's where held in the Mongol's firm grasp on them until the early 1300's. The reason for this was due to the fact that a Russian Prince namde "Prince Yuri of Moscow Married the sister of the Golden Hordes Khan".This was thestart of trouble in a snese for the mongol's power because the current khanlet Yuris use his army to take down opposition to him(Russia R16). During the Mongol Rule in the 1300's Moscow became an important state in the Russian sociaty and has remained at the very "heart of Russia ever since"(Russia R09). While the Golden Horde ruled Russia they wre only concerned with two things and they were "maintaining their power and coleeting taxes" from the princes of Russia who they lorded over(Russia R14). The Mongol rule ended in Russia during the 1400's(Russia R15). The rebellion was still going on even in 1480, that is when a Prince named "Ivan the third made the final break from Mongol control by refusing to pay taxes to the Golden Horde"(Russia R17). About sixty-seven years later the first Russian Ruler was Crowned czar, his name and title was Ivan the terrible(Russia R18). Russia was in total chaos due to civil war, invasion, and lack of political help until the year 1614(Russia R19). The Title of the czar in 1682 was was Peter the Great, the reason for this was because he expaned the territory of Russia through "The Great Northern war" which was against Sweden, this expanded the territory to the Baltic Sea(Russia R20). There was growing conflict with the czars and they people they ruled so powerfully over which led to a rebellion which ended with the overthrowing of them in 1917 which was the beginning of the new Russia, known as The Soviet Union(Russia R04). The Soviet Union had onec had the largest army in the world all the way til their fall in which they became the Commonwealth(Russia R06). In 1991 the Communist parties rule of Russia collapsed(Russia R05). The Commonwealth began to build a new army in which this new army “absorbed some of the former Soviet Unions forces” (Russia R07). This is how got to its current status.

// Russia //// has a great abundance of natural resources such as petroleum, natural gas, coal, and iron ore (Russia R02). The cold climate makes it hard to get at the natural resources that are located all over Russia (Russia R03). Next is the clothing that the Russians once wore before other counties influenced them. The traditional clothing worn in Russia was something like this “colorfully embroidered shirts and blouses, head gear, and shoes woven from bast” (Russia R10). This type of clothing sadly is not worn today ever, even for special occasions (Russia R11). There are many different ethnic groups in Russia based on their ancestry from “one hundred different minority nationalities” (Russia R01). As many people know Russia’s famous liquor is called Vodka (Russia R12). Finally today in the Russian army there is about one million people serving in the Russian army. // . The men in Russia are required to serve in the armed forces for at least two years, the women can choose if they want to join (Russia R08).
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 * Works Cited**

Raliegh, Donald J. "Russia". __World Book Advanced.__ 2009. [SDStatelibrary.com]. 12 May 2009 <[].