![]() In 1894 Nicholas II acceded to the throne. The foundation of the port cities of Vladivostok and Port Arthur there had opened up profitable avenues for commerce, and the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway to link the European Russia with its new eastern territories. Its borders extended to Afghanistan and China, and it had acquired extensive territory on the Pacific coast. Since Ivan IV ruling, the Russian Tsars had followed a fairly consistent policy of drawing more political power away from the nobility and into their own hands.īy the 19th century, Russia had expanded its territory and its power considerably. The Romanov dynasty to ruled Russia for 304 years until the Russian Revolution brought an end to the Tsarist state. In 1613 Michael Romanov was elected as Tsar. In 1552 he conquered Kazan and Astrakhan in 1556. That time Ivan IV grandson of Grand Duke Ivan III. To regain its honor and land in 1480 Grand Duke Ivan III gathered its strength within in Moscow, that time he was strong enough to faceoff with Mongols but it took him almost half of the century to conquer Mongols and to Russia became a unified state. Over the next three years, the Mongols destroyed all of the major cities of Kievan Rus’ with the exceptions of Novgorod and Pskov. In 1237 Batu Khan, a grandson of Jenghiz Khan invaded into Kievan Rus. During 1237-1613 Russia was under the influence of Mongol. In 989 Vladimir I was the ruler of the kingdom who extended to as far south as the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the lower reaches of the Volga River. That time Kyiv was the center of a trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, and Kievan Rus. Russia was formed in 882 as a kingdom of selective cities of western Russia including Kyiv. Russia’s borders stretch for a total of 58,562 km (with 14,253 km bordering other states and 44,309 km bordering the sea). It’s bordered by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, and North Korea. It stretches from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south. Russia occupies most of eastern Europe and northern Asia. Russia (was formerly known as USSR United State of Soviet Republic) covers an area of 17 075 500 km2 which makes Russia the largest country in the world, followed by Canada, China, and the USA. ![]() Moscow is the capital of Russia and Vladimir Putin is the President of Russia ( Russian Federation). Russia or the Russian Federation is a country with great history, home of famous scientists and land of natural beauty.
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