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c. 4000 BC
 
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In Mesopotamia, and on the grass steppes of southern Russia, oxen are used to pull heavy loads on sledges     
c. 1500 BC
 
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The Slavs settle in the regions of eastern Europe and western Russia      
c. 825
 
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Viking tribes known as the Rus are established as traders in the region of Novgorod       
882
 
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Oleg, leader of the Rus, seizes the town of Kiev and makes his headquarters there       
c. 987
 
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Vladimir, the prince of Kiev, decides that Greek Orthodoxy is the most suitable religion for the Russian people       
c. 1030
 
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Yaroslav builds up his Russian kingdom and turns his capital, Kiev, into a spectacular Christian city