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Russia

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Russia is a country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.

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[edit] History of Russia

[edit] 19th century

In 1812, soldiers from Napoléon Bonaparte's Russian campaign were abducted by the War Lords. (DW: The War Games)

In 1894, Fitz Kreiner joined a scientific expedition to Russia. (EDA: Time Zero)

[edit] 20th century

In 1908, the Great Divide opened in Russia, allowing some of the Charrl to enter that time period. (NA: Birthright)

In 1916, the Doctor, Jo Grant and Liz Shaw visited Russia and met Rasputin. (PDA: The Wages of Sin)

In 1943, Russian soldiers attempted to steal the ULTIMA device from its base in Maiden's Point. (DW: The Curse of Fenric)

In 1951, the Doctor visited Russia. (EDA: Endgame)

In 1957, Russia launched a satellite that was hijacked by the Master, who used it to summon the Tzun to Earth. (NA: First Frontier)

Soon after UNIT was formed, they used a Russian rocket to destroy the Cybermen's invasion fleet. (DW: The Invasion)

Four Russian cosmonauts had their minds extracted by an alien Extractor. (DWA: The Mind Extractors)

The British and Russian branches of UNIT worked together against the Waro threat. (PDA: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)

In 1986, the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl underwent a meltdown. (DWM: Black Destiny)

[edit] 21st century

In the early 21st century, the Doctor, Rose Tyler and Jack Harkness were drawn to a derelict Russian naval base by an intergalactic distress signal. (NSA: The Deviant Strain)

During The Year that Never Happened, "Harold Saxon" made Russia the number one shipyard of weaponry for the Time Lord Empire. According to Martha Jones, the shipyards spanned all across Russia, "from the Baltic to the Bearing Straits. (DW: Last of the Time Lords)

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