This is a summary of a video that tells the history of Russia from the calling of Rurik to the present day. It mentions the main rulers and events that shaped the country, such as the baptism of Vladimir, the Mongol invasion, the reign of Peter the Great, the Napoleonic wars, the revolution, the World War II, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the presidency of Putin. It also briefly describes the policies and achievements of each ruler and the challenges they faced. The video ends with a call to subscribe to the channel and a promise of new episodes.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Rurik was the first ruler of the ancient Russian state in 879.
2. Oleg conquered Kiev in 882 and moved the capital there.
3. Olga was the first Russian ruler to convert to Christianity in 960.
4. Vladimir the Red Sun baptized Russia according to the Greek model in 988.
5. Yaroslav the Wise made ancient Russia enter the golden age in the 11th century.
6. Yuri the Long-armed founded Moscow in the 12th century.
7. Alexander Nevsky defeated Mamai on the Kulikovo field in 1380.
8. Ivan Kalita established Moscow as the main center of unification of Russian lands in the 14th century.
9. Dmitry Donskoy repelled the invasion of Napoleonic troops in 1812.
10. Peter the Great became the first emperor of Russia and carried out many reforms in the 18th century.
11. Catherine II continued the work of Peter the Great and participated in several wars in the 18th century.
12. Alexander II liberated the peasants and was killed by a terrorist attack in 1881.
13. Nicholas II was the last emperor of Russia and abdicated during the revolution of 1917.
14. Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the communist movement and established the Soviet Union in 1922.
15. Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and made it one of the world superpowers.
16. Nikita Khrushchev rehabilitated many victims of Stalin's repression and opened the Iron Curtain in the 1950s and 1960s.
17. Mikhail Gorbachev set a course for liberalizing the country and ended the Cold War, but also led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
18. Boris Yeltsin was the first president of the Russian Federation and faced many economic and political challenges in the 1990s.
19. Vladimir Putin led the country out of the crisis of the 90s and has been president or prime minister since 2000.
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