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czar alexander II

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freed serfs

begins limited political reforms

assassinated by anarchists in 1881

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czar alexander III

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repressive

“Russification” persecuted Jews and non-Russians

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czar nicholas II

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son of alexander III, continued repressive rule

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Russo-Japanese War

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Japan attacks Russia’s Port Arthur, humiliates Russia

Theodore Roosevelt mediates peace treaty

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1905 Russian Revolution

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led by Russian middle class, defeated

DUMA is created as a result

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6
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what year was the Alaska territory sold to the US?

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1867

“steward’s icebox” for secretary of state

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what marked the collapse of the Romanov dynasty?

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World War I and Bolshevik revolution

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WWI affect on Russia

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huge loss of life and food for Russia

Czar replaced by provisional government

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Alexander Kerensky

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pro-western leader of DUMA

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Russian Civil War (1917-1924)

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Anti-Bolshevik supported by Western powers vs. Bolshevik

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Leon Trotsky

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led Bolshevik forces in Russian Civil War

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12
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importance of July 17, 1918

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Czar and family murdered by Bolsheviks

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Lenin (1917-1924)

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led Communist revolution

introduces New Economic Policy in 1922

gave up 1/4 of Russia to Germans, angered West

1924 = death

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Trotsky vs. Stalin policies

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Trotsky wanted a permanent revolution

Stalin wanted socialism in one state

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15
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end of Trotsky’s reign

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writes book about revolution and the betrayal of the revolution

murdered in 1940

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New Economic Policy

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allowed limited free market

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Stalin’s Rule (1924-1953)

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implements 5 year plan of Communism

sells food to West to get economy moving, starving millions of people

18
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when was the Nazi-Soviet pact signed and why was it a big deal?

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1939

two destructive superpowers joining together was scary af

19
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Soviet-Nazi War (1941-1945)

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Nazis invade in 1945

US, Britain, Soviets craft Grand Alliance

20
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Battle if Stalingrad in 1942

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millions killed

turning point in the war for Western powers

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Post WWII events

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Soviets occupy Eastern Europe and capture Berlin

Divides Germany into 4 zones, each occupied by various powers

22
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Clement Attlee

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Truman-Stalin-Churchill

Potsdam convention

23
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when was the “iron curtain” created and who was it created by?

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1946

Winston Churchill

24
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what significant event in 1949 caused the U.S. government to fear a Cold War?

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the Soviets tested out nuclear weapons

25
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3 times we came close to combat warfare during the Cold War

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Berlin Blockade, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis

26
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Nikita Khruschev (1953-1991)

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de-stalinized Russia

tried to reconfirm US-Russia relations, but it failed at the beginning of the Cuban missile crisis

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Lenoid Brezhnev (1964-1982)

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took hardline w/ US

increased military spending

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Soviet-Afghanistan War (1979-1989)

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Soviets invade on Dec. 24, 1979

terrified of fundamentalist Muslim movement

Carter supports Mujahadeen (whoops)

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Glasnost

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openness state has to allow criticism and invite suggestions to survive

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Perestroika

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reform the economic and political system

31
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Gorbachev (1985-1991)

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improved U.S.-Russia relations

agreed to start a nuclear treaty with Reagan

32
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Gorbachev’s policies

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upset hard line Communist

supports the removal of the Berlin Wall in 1989

33
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Coup of August 1991

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hard line Communists stage a coup and arrest Gorbachev

Russian President Boris Yelsin rallies the opposition and coup collapses

34
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Dec. 25, 1991

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Soviet Union dissolves

35
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First president of Russia

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Boris Yelsin

36
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Yelsin’s actions as president

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dissolves Congress and gives more power to the president and central government

resigns in 1999 due to bad health

37
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effects of “Shock Therapy”

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leads to chaos and rise to oligarchs and Russian mafia

38
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Putin’s rise to power and how he stays there

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curtails democratic press

secures his power by limiting opposition

39
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Dmitri Medvedev

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becomes president in 2008, but Putin still remains as prime minister

signs a nuclear treaty with Obama in 2010 but still weary of NATO expansion

40
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how have current US-Russia relations been strained?

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expansion of NATO

anti-democratic policies towards Putin

41
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Magnitsky Act

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end prison cruelty in Russia

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