TS HISTORICAL

The History of Russia Source - TS HISTORICAL The history of Russia : begins with the East Slavic race. The oldest stronghold of the Slavic race that inhabits what is today Eastern Europe was Kyiv, where the Kiwi Rus Empire, established in the 9th century, is considered the cornerstone of modern Russia. Although there had been empires in that area before, they belonged to other races and people of those races still live in Russia today - Khazars and other Turkic peoples.  The Kiwi Rus were overthrown in the Mongol campaign around 1230, but the Mongols began to decline in the 1380s and Moscow (Moskva in Russian) emerged as a military capital. From the 17th to the middle of the 19th century, the Russian Empire expanded greatly. It spread from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea and Central Asia. Russia had to face considerable internal difficulties in the First World War, and after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Russia withdrew from the war.  After showing unexpected resistance and eve