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1. What do we teach about our neighbours Alexey Feldt Elena Lapshina Margarita Selkova Tatiana Teterevleva Arkhangelsk (Russia), 2007

3. United (Standard) State Examination "The time of troubles" in Russia in the end of the 16th – beginning of the 17th centuries. Struggle with Poland and Sweden . 1 .4.7 The territorial growth of Russia in the 16 th century : conquests and colonization . Livonian war. 1.4.5 The formation of the Grand D uchy of Lithuania . Russian territories in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 1. 3.4 The Expansion from the West and its role in the history of Rus and Baltic region. 1 .3.2 International contacts of the Medieval Rus . Influence of Byzantium and Steppe peoples. 1 .2.5 The state formation at the Eastern Slaves. The Norman problem. 1 .2.1 The tribes of the Eastern Slaves and their neighbours. 1. 1.1 The history of Russia till the end of the 16th century 1.

4. United (Standard) State Examination The peoples of the Russian Empire in the second half of the 19 th century . The national policy of the Russian autocracy. 3 .6 . 3 The main directions of the Russian foreign policy in 1860 s – 1890 s . The territorial growth of the Russian Empire. 3 .5 . 2 The history of Russia of the 19th century 3. Russian culture and its connections to the European and world culture of the 18th century. 2 .3.6 Russia in the wars of the second half of the 18 th century . Joining of the new territories. 2. 3.4 Russian foreign policy in the first half of the 18th century. The Nordic war. 2.2.2 The territorial growth of Russia in the 17th century 2.1.3 The history of Russia of the 17t – 18th century 2.

5. United (Standard) State Examination Contemporary Russia in the system of international relations . Russian Federation and CIS. The place of Russia in the contemporary world integration processes. 4 .6.4 "New thinking" in the Soviet foreign policy… The break-up of the USSR and the creation of CIS. 4.5.4 Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 4.4 Soviet foreign policy in 1920s – 1930s. … Soviet-Finnish war of 1939 - 1940, inclusion of new territories into the USSR. 4 . 3.6 The formation of the USSR : choosing the ways of uniting . The national policy in 1920s – 1930s. 4 . 3.2 The history of Russia of the 20th century 4.