Russia

Russia, officially the Russian Republic, is a giant country in Europe and Asia.
== History ==
=== Medieval Russia ===
The roots of Russia came from the earlier Medieval years, as the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Throughout the Medieval years, Russia expanded greatly, and became a great power in Europe. Ivan IV, "The Terrible", declared a Russian Tsardom in 1547, under the Tsardom, Russia expanded into Asia as well, namely Siberia. Russia expanded greatly.
=== Russian Empire ===
In 1721, Peter I declared Russia an Empire, though still called "Tsar", technically the correct title is Emperor/Empress. Russia expanded even further, expanding into Central Asia, the Caucuses, a tiny bit of East Asia, and North America. These years was the height of Russia, which Russia is the third biggest Empire in History, behind Mongolia and Great Britain. However, it began to decline as opinions on the Tsars soured, and their territory shrunk, such as Alaska being sold. Their biggest losses was the early 1900s, they won a war against China, albeit alongside a bunch of other nations, but in 1904-1905, they lost a war against Japan, and in 1917, they were losing the Great War.
=== Russian Revolution and the Russian Civil War ===
In 1917, Communists had an uprising and attempted to take over the nation. This included murdering the Tsar, and his family, leading the White Army to have to change to a Republican System because the Imperial Family was either dead or too traumatized to take the throne. The Whites ended up winning the Russian Civil War, but at the expense of their beloved Nicholas, who was made a Saint afterwards.
=== Russian Republic ===
In 1922, the Russian Republic won the Russian Civil War and started making it's footing. In 1937, the Empire of Japan invaded China, and Russia wanted to make it's footing, so they, along with their ally, Mongolia, ended up assisting Japan, and after restoring the Qing in China, they formed the Pact of Tokyo, which is an alliance between Russia, Mongolia, and Japan. Which survives to the modern day, while the United States ended up joining the Pact of Tokyo when they were assisted in the Second Civil War. The Tokyo Pact remains the second strongest alliance on Earth behind the Central Powers.
== Historical Leaders ==
=== Monarchs ===
# Daniel
# Yury
# Ivan I
# Simeon
# Ivan II
# Dmitry
# Vasily I
# Vasily II
# Yuri I
# Ivan III
# Vasily III
# Ivan IV
# Feodor I
# Boris
# Feodor II
# Vasily IV
# Michael
# Alexis
# Feodor III
# Ivan V
# Peter I
# Catherine I
# Peter II
# Anna
# Ivan VI
# Elizabeth
# Peter III
# Catherine II
# Paul I
# Alexander I
# Nicholas I
# Alexander II
# Alexander III
# Nicholas II
=== Presidents ===
# Alexander Kerensky
# Leon Trotsky
# Nikolai Bulganin
# Andrei Gromyko
# Mikhail Gorbachev
# Boris Yeltsin
# Vladimir Putin
# Dmitry Medvedev
# Grigory Yavlinsky
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