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Russia's Roots, Part 2

 
Russia's Roots, Part 2

Peter the Great says, "Westward, Russian soldiers!"

When part 1 of our Russian story ended, the rulers of a once-minor medieval principality, called "Muscovy," were becoming mighty emperors, called "czars." Yet as the czars gained power, the land's peasants and nobles, called "boyars," lost it--and lost it big. The czars wanted serfs. The czars wanted rich estates. They wanted to rule a great power.


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Russia's Roots, Part 1

Russia's Roots, Part 3
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