Transcript FOUR MAJOR RUSSIAN ERAS:

FOUR MAJOR RUSSIAN ERAS:
1. Ancient Russia: Early Period to
1688; Kievan Rus Empire
2. Imperialism: 1688-1917
3. Soviet Union Period: 1917-1991
(Bolsevik Revolution of 1917)
4. Post-Soviet Union: 1991Present(democractic & capitalist after
collapse of the U.S.S.R.)
KEY TERMS
1. Czar-a Russian emperor (king)
2. Dumas-a Russian congress established
by Czar Nicolas II.
3. Totalitarian-absolute control of a
governing branch
4. Iron Curtain- an imaginary fence that cut
Russia from all contact and trade with
the West
KEY TERMS CONT…
5. gulags-labor camps (prisons)
6. Cold War-not an actual war, tensions between the
United States and the Soviet Union-war of words
7. Communism (command economy)-National ownership of
all production and distribution of goods and services
8. Emerging economy-A nation's economy that is
progressing toward becoming advanced
9. Convergence – to come together from different
directions
10. divergence-to depart from a set course or norm
RUSSIAN LEADERS-CZARS
• 1440-1500-Ivan the Great-monarchy; created
Russian state; 13th century
• 1700-Peter the Great-Czar; westernized Russia
by building schools, libraries
• 1700-Catherine the Great-Czarina; expanded
Russian border; westernized Russia
• 1894-Nicholas II-last Czar of Russia;adopted
constitution and formed Duma
RUSSIAN COMMUNIST LEADERS
• 1917-Vladimir Lenin-leader of the
Bolsheviks; first leader of the Soviet
Russia
• 1924-Joseph Stalin-dictator; sent many
people to gulags
• 1953-1964-Nikita Khrushchev; Berlin Wall
and Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1964-1982-Leonid Brezhnev
RUSSIAN DEMOCRACTIC
REPUBLIC LEADERS
• 1985-1991- Mikhail Gorbachev; gave
citizens the ability to speak openly; ended
the Cold War and the breakdown of Berlin
Wall
• 1991-1999-Boris Yeltsin; 1st elected leader
• 1999-2008-Vladimir Putin
• 2008-present-Dmitry Medvedev; war with
Georgia escalated tensions with U.S.