What is History of Russia?
The '''history of Russia''' begins with the East Slavs, [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]], and the [[Finno-Ugric language|Finno-Ugric]] peoples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac14|title=History of Russia – Slavs in Russia: from 1500 BC|publisher=Historyworld.net|access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://estonia.eu/about-estonia/society/finno-ugric-peoples.html|title=Finno-Ugric Peoples|publisher=Estonia.eu|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226190053/http://estonia.eu/about-estonia/society/finno-ugric-peoples.html|archive-date=26 December 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=14 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elupuu.org/index.php?id=52|title=Elupuu – The Finno-Ugric Peoples|publisher=Elupuu|access-date=14 July 2016|archive-date=8 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308071321/http://elupuu.org/index.php?id=52|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Russian Nationalism, Past and Present|url=https://archive.org/details/russiannationali0000geof|last=Hosking|publisher=|year=1998|isbn=|location=|pages=[https://archive.org/details/russiannationali0000geof/page/8 8]}}</ref> Parts of Southern Russia around the [[Black Sea]] were settled by Greeks and Romans until about the 3rd century. [[Huns]] and Turkic tribes invaded the regions around the Black Sea until the 10th century. Eastern Slavs then immigrated to the region. Vikings created the Kievan Rus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hrono.info/dokum/1000dok/povest1.php|title = Повесть временных лет}}</ref> In the 13th century, [[Mongols]] conquered the region and created the [[Golden Horde]]. The Mongols ruled until the 15th century. The [[Tsardom of Russia]] and [[Russian Empire]] were then created. [[Poland-Lithuania]] invaded Moscow, but Russia eventually drove them out. Russia expanded more west and east into [[Siberia]]. [[Napoleon]] tried to invade Russia during the winter but failed. Russia fought against [[Germany]] in [[World War I|WW1]]. In 1917, the