History and culture Flashcards
People from Asia move across the
Steppe
These groups of people included the
Slavs
Slavs live in Eastern Europe ,including :
Ukraine and Western Europe .
The —— invaded the Slavs.
Vikings
The Vikings were called
Rus
The Vikings make the first state among the Slavs called ——– in kiev.
Kievan
Kiev is the city of :
Ukraine
The missionaries introduce the
Orthodox Christian faith
Also the missionaries put a Greek alphabet called :
Cyrillic
In the 1200, the mongols invaders called——- swept out the Central Asia and conquered
Tatars / Kiev
In time —- became the strongest state
Muscovy
It’s main city was
Moscow
After 200 years Muscovy ‘s prince ——- take the control from the mongols
Ivan III
The grandson of Ivan III , Ivan IV crowned himself —- or emperor.
Czar
Are radical Russian communist group.
Bolsheviks
The bolsheviks form a new country called
(USSR) Union Soviet socialist republics
The USSR include 15 republics the strongest in which was ——
Russia
The first leader was
Vladimir Lenin.
The Soviet Union became a —-
Communist country
When Lenin dies Joseph Stalin took power , he make a —–
Dictatorship
Are harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia.
Gulags
Was tense period were United States and the Soviet Union fight.
The Cold War.
The Soviet leader made some changes . He introduce some :
Democracy
Some ethnic groups are :
Tatars and Ukrainian
The main religion is
Orthodox Christian.
The main holiday is the
New year eve
The Russian independent day is
12 June.
The st bassil’s cathedral was built in
1555-1561
It have —— chapels
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