St Basils Cathedral Russia History of Russia World

St. Basil’s Cathedral Russia

History of Russia • World War I Fought with the Allies against the Central Powers 3. 7 million people died Severe food shortages People overthrew the czar (Russian emperor) & the Bolsheviks took over • Radical Russian Communist group • 1922 -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) or the Soviet Union • 15 countries with Vladimir Lenin as the leader • Joseph Stalin took over when Lenin died • •

Gulags • Very little food • Inadequate clothing • Overcrowding • Poorly insulated housing • Poor hygiene • Inadequate health care • Physical labor (cutting down trees, mining, etc. ) • Escape was futile

Joseph Stalin • “Death solves all problems. No person…no problem. ” • Responsible for an estimated 20 to 43 million deaths during his time as leader of the Communist Party

History of Russia • Cold War-a period of tense rivalry between the Soviet Union & U. S. • USSR wanted to spread Communism & the U. S. saw it as a threat to Democracy • ~1940 s-1990 s • 1989 -Fall of the Berlin Wall • 1991 -Collapse of the Soviet Union • All of the countries became independent

Trans-Siberian Railroad-rail line that runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast. It’s the longest single rail line in the world.