Ancient Russia
Key Players- Oleg- in 882 he captured Kiev which opened up a trade route between Constantinople and Scandanavia
Vladimir I- was Oleg's great grandson, he expanded the empire and also known for changing their religion from Pagan to christian
Goals-Vladimir is known for uniting Russia
Foreign policy-
Russian Empire- very large area of land
Relationship with the us during the cold war- Russia was communist and America was capitalism, Socialism is fairness in the economy- a lot of government interference
Joseph Mccarthy was accusing many popular people of being communist
Space was the new frontier- Russia wanted to show their dominance show they were the first people to send a ship into space- it was called Sputnik
Bay of pigs invasion- was a failure-known as a blemish for JFK- was a plan to invade Asia
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