Government1-RussianEmpire


 * __GOVERNMENT__ >** __**Russian Empire [1400s-1917]**__
 * Russia became independent in 1480
 * Russia was ruled by a czar (emperor)
 * serfs can be bought and sold along with the land by government
 * czars gradually conquered surrounding territories
 * Napoplean invades Russia in 1812
 * Alexandar II freed serfs in 1861, in which they no longer felt obliged to work in fields, so they moved to Moscow to work in factories. However, action backfired and increase of overcrowding, poverty, and disease.
 * What was the Kievan Rus?
 * How did the czars fall?
 * Who was Ivan 3?
 * In 1917, Vladimir Lenin led the Russian Revolution and seized control. He and his followers set up a communist state, a country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole.
 * //The 1st president was Yeltsin//
 * Czars are emperors
 * a russian president has a lot of power