russia quiz Flashcards
Ivan the Great
Built large fortress called the Kremlin (started Russia)
Ivan the Terrible
Ivans grandson
was the first Czar
he crushed all resistance
Tsar/Czar
rulers of Russia
Nicholas II
gave up his throne
abdicated the Bolsheviks established the leadership of Vladimir Lenin
Russian Civil War
- Followed revolution
- Pitting the Red Army against White Army
- the Union of Soviet Socialist republics (USSR) was officially established
Stalin
- After Lenin died, Joseph Stalin took power
- brutal leader who killed many by starvation or direct attacks (attacked Jews)
- implementing rapid industrialization and collectivization
- His regime was marked by political repression, purges, and the Great Famine
Collectivization
taking private property and making it state property (usually farmland where nationalization is usually business)
Pogrom
getting rid of an ethnic group
Great Famine
The 1932 famine is known as the “Holodomor” in Ukraine which means “death inflicted by starvation”
3 parts of the Cold War
ideology (Unamerican), geopolitics (power vacuum), nuclear weapons
End of USSR
- former satellites gained independence
- all republics declared independence from Russia and the Soviet Union ceased to exist
Gorbachev
initiated some reformed notably glasnost and perestroika
Oligarchs
small group has power
marked by Economic Turmoil, political instability and the rise of oligarchs
Yeltsin
was the first post - soviet President
Putin and Ukraine
Focuses on stability and the economy and restoring state power
His leadership style has been characterized by centralization and control over media and political opposition
Zelensky
ukrainian current president
NATO
NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe
Caviar on blini
Russian food
Faberge
imperial eggs
Miracle on Ice Hockey game
It was played between the hosting United States and the Soviet Union (hockey)
Pavlov
Russian physiologist
Battle of Stalingrad
major world war II battle
Lolita
novel by vladimir
Ural mountains
to the west dividing line
Lake Baikal
deepest lake
Crimea Peninsula
putian took - its ukraine
communists ___ the civil war and established _____ ______ as the capital
won, USSR Moscow
