Invasion
These terrible strangers have taken out country and tomorrow they will take yours if you do not come and help us
In response to this call, Mstislav the Bold and Mstislav Romanovich the Old joined forces and set out eastward to meet the foe
The Russians were defeated in 1223 at the Battle of the Kalka River, a defeat remembered to this day in Russia and Ukraine
Mongol Invasion
The Mongol Empire invaded Kievan Rus' in the 13th century, destroying numerous cities including Moscow and Kiev
Batu Khan's full-scale invasion of Rus' occurred from 1237 to 1240
All Russian states had to submit to Mongol rule and became part of the Golden Horde empire; some of it lasted until 1480
Nicholas II
Died July 16/17 1918
the last Russian emperor (1894-1917)
his wife Alexandra himself and their children were killed by the Bolsheviks after the October Revolution
Cut wages of the lower class that lead to the Bolshevik Revo.
He was part of the Romanov Dynasty that ruled Russia since the mid 17th century
Bolshevik Revo.
They had three promises-peace, bread, land
a.k.a-Red October, the October Uprising, or the Bolshevik Revolution
was a seizure of state power instrumental in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917
The revolution was led by the Bolsheviks, who used their influence in the Petrograd Soviet to organize the armed forces
Bolshevik Red Guards forces under the Military Revolutionary Committee began the takeover of government buildings on 24 October 1917
The following day, the Winter Palace was captured
Results
Bolshevik victory led to the Creation of Soviet Russia
End of Russian Provisional Government, Russian Republic and dual power
Start of the Russian Civil War
Vladimir Lenin
Was a Russian Communist revolutionarypolitician and political theorist
Politically a Marxist, his theoretical contributions to Marxist thought are known as Leninism, which coupled with Marxian economic theory have collectively come to be known as Marxism-Leninism
As the leader of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party, he took a senior role in orchestrating the October Revolution in 1917
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