History of Russia in 5 Minutes - Animation

[Music] Russia the largest country in the world covers a vast expanse of areas from Eastern Europe to Northern Asia spanning an incredible 17 million square kilometers Russia has now become a powerful political economic and social entity in our modern world the history of Russia traced back to the history of the people called Slavs in 862 the first East Slavic state known as the rust state was founded and led by Viking Oleg of Novgorod in the area between the Volga and denim for river basins in 882 it captured Kiev uniting the northern and southern lands of the Eastern Slavs under one Authority in 1998 Christianity was introduced in the Russ's state from the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire by Prince Vladimir the first his son yaroslav the wise who ruled the state from 1019 to death introduced the first code of law rusquia pravada under his Reign Kiev then soon became the center of politics and culture in Eastern Europe from Grand duchy of Moscow to the Russian Empire 1283-1917 in the 13th century the Mongols invaded kievan Russ and established the golden horde with the Russ's principalities as their vassals in 1480 Moscow gained its independence from Mongol rule forming the grand duchy of Moscow or moscovy in 1547 Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible became the first Tsar emperor of Russia transforming the grand duchy of Moscow into the sardom of Russia with Moscow as the predominant state from 1551 to 1700 Russia grew by 35 000 square kilometers per year and was transformed into the Russian Empire in 1721 under the reign of Peter the Great with Saint Petersburg as the new capital The Next Century witnessed the expansion of the Empire stretching over three continents Europe Asia and North America in 1914 Russia entered World War One on the side of the Allied Powers including Great Britain France Russia Italy Japan and the United States against the Central Powers including German Austria-Hungary Ottoman and Bulgaria the rise and fall of the Soviet Union 1922-1991 the Russian Revolution in 1917 ended the Russian imperial rule resulting in the formation of the Russian Soviet federative Socialist Republic the Russian Civil War broke out later that year and ended in 1923 with the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist republics USSR the Soviet Union the capital was moved from Saint Petersburg to Moscow Vladimir Lenin ruled the Soviet Union until his death in 1924 when Joseph Stalin came to power under the rule of Stalin the country was transformed from a peasant Society to a military and Industrial power on September 1st 1939 World War II broke out between the Allied and access powers as part of a non-aggression with Nazi Germany the Soviet Union invaded and annexed the Eastern regions of Poland followed by its annexation of Estonia Latvia Lithuania and Romania in June 1941 Germany launched Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union in response to this the Soviets joined the Allies in the war against Germany on May 8 1945 after the fall of Berlin to Soviet troops and Hitler's suicide Germany surrendered unconditionally marking the end of the war in Europe after Japan's surrender on September 2nd 1945 World War II ended with a total victory for the allies following the war the Soviet Union formed various Soviet satellite States and emerged as a superpower and rival to the United States in the nearly half century-long cold war after Stalin's death in 1953 Nikita Khrushchev a powerful Soviet politician came to power embarking on a policy of destalinization under his rule the Soviet Union grew rapidly with the world's first human-made satellite and the first human into space in 1980 the Summer Olympics were held in Moscow in 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet leader and was later elected president in 1990. in the same year he won the Nobel Peace Prize for bringing the Cold War to a peaceful end in December 1991 following a failed Communist Party coup against Gorbachev the Soviet Union was dissolved and Gorbachev resigned Russian Federation 1991 to present following the dissolution all of the Soviet republics emerged as fully independent post-soviet States among these Russia or the Russian Federation became known as the Soviet Union's primary de facto internationally recognized successor State Boris Yeltsin was the first elected president of Russia in 2000 Vladimir Putin a former KGB officer was elected president he was then re-elected in 2012 and served till now in 2014 following the Ukrainian revolution war broke out between Russia and Ukraine in 2018 the FIFA World Cup was hosted in Russia on February 24 2022 Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine escalating the ongoing russo-ukrainian War this led to International sanctions being imposed against Russia in March Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe and suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council in April thanks for watching if you find this information useful please give us a thumbs up and share it with your 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Channel: History on Maps

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Keywords: Russia, Mongol, Kievan Rus, Golden Horde, Grand Duchy of Moscow, Muscovy, Tsardom of Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Revolution, Rusian Civil War, Joseph Stalin, Axis powers, Allied powers, Germany surrender, Communist Party, Cold War, Russian Federation, Ukrainian Revolution, Russo-Ukrainian War, Soviet republic, russian

Id: mONj9zjRjLQ

Length: 6min 7sec (367 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 09 2022