TIMELINE
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|1462 THE RURIKS BECOME THE CZARS OF RUSSIA
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|1533 REIGN OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE BEGINS
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|1584 IVAN THE TERRIBLE DIES AND LEAVES NO COMPETENT HEIR
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1600----|1598 THE HOUSE OF GODUNOV BEGINS, AND RURIK ENDS
|1605 THE USURPERS TAKE POWER AND DESTABILIZE RUSSIA, GODUNOV ENDS
|1610 THE POLISH TAKE POWER, THE INTERREGNUM BEGINS
|1613 MIKHAIL TAKES POWER, THE ROMANOV DYNASTY BEGINS
| THE INTERREGNUM ENDS
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|1696 REIGN OF PETER THE GREAT BEGINS
1700----|1698 KIEVAN-APPANCE PERIOD ENDS, IMPERIAL PERIOD BEGINS
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|1725 PETER DIES OF PNEUMONIA, AFTER TRYING TO SAVE DROWNING MEN
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|1762 REIGN OF CATHERINE THE GREAT BEGINS
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1800----|1796 CATHERINE THE GREAT DIES OF DRUNKENNESS
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|1825 ALEXANDER I DIES (BELIEVED TO HAVE FAKED HIS OWN DEATH)
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|1881 ALEXANDER II IS KILLED BY A BOMB
|1885 THE FABERG� EGGS TRADITION IS STARTED BY ALEXANDER III
1900----|1904 ALEXEY IS BORN WITH HEMOPHILIA, THUS IS RASPUTIN INTRODUCED
|1914 WORLD WAR I STARTS, AND RUSSIA BEGINS TO DESTABILIZE AGAIN
|1916 RASPUTIN IS MURDERED BY SOME NOBLES
|1918 THE ROMANOVS ARE EXECUTED, THE IMPERIAL PERIOD ENDS
| THE ROMANOV DYNASTY ENDS
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