How did the land in Russia grow up?

In the second half of the 9th century, some Slavic tribes living in Eastern Europe united to form a grand duchy centered on Kiev-"Kiev Ross", which was the earliest Russian country. Its scope is roughly east of Pskov and west of Murom, starting from Kiev in the south and reaching Lake Radoga in the north. It is a small landlocked country. /kloc-At the end of 0/5th century, the Principality of Moscow conquered the neighboring vassal states, and for the first time, a centralized Russian state with Moscow as the center appeared between the Volga River and Dnieper River. /kloc-In the middle of the 6th century, the country was renamed Tsarist Russia (Tsarist Russia or Tsarist Russia for short). From Ivan IV as the first czar in 1547 to Nicholas II as the last czar in 19 17, * * * experienced 2/kloc-0 czars, all of whom were ambitious and aggressive, constantly invading foreign countries, greedily expanding their territory, and seriously threatening neighboring countries.

In Europe, the Tsar quickly took control of the Volga River basin and opened the road to the South Caspian Sea. Occupying the coastal areas of the Baltic Sea in the west and seizing the seaport in the west; Through many wars, the northern shore of the Black Sea and the Caucasus were occupied. In order to open the road to the Mediterranean, it occupied a large area of land on the east coast of the Black Sea.

As early as the 16th century, as soon as the Tsar ascended the throne, he extended his talons to Asia. /kloc-in the second half of the 6th century, Russia crossed the Urals,/kloc-reached the Yenisei River in the early 7th century,/kloc-crossed the Lena River in the 1930s,/kloc-occupied the Far East in the middle of the 9th century, and then crossed the Bering Strait to occupy Alaska. From 1950s, in a short half century, Russia forced China to sign a series of unequal treaties, and occupied our country's territory of 1.5 million square kilometers.

During the 370 years of the Tsar's rule, Russia's area has expanded from 2.8 million square kilometers to 22.8 million square kilometers, which is more than seven times, occupying an average of 54,000 square kilometers of other countries' land every year. /kloc-After the victory of the socialist revolution in October, 19 17 abolished the unequal treaties that Russia forced its neighbors to sign according to Lenin's principle of national self-determination and returned some territories occupied by Russia. Finland, Poland and some countries along the Baltic Sea gained independence and gave up about 165438+ 10,000 square kilometers of land. During and after World War II, the Soviet Union acquired nearly 700,000 square kilometers of land from neighboring countries, forming a territory of 22.4 million square kilometers today.