NOTES:
-Russia has a very strong centralized government
-START: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
-VLADMIR PEWTON:The current president of Russia
-Borris Yeltsin: known for political and economic reform
-Relations: Currently our relations with Russia is somewhat unknown, unique relationship (WWII fought with each other, Cold War we hated each other, relations currently not great but not bad)
-Russia is really trying to improve economically; the Cold War really put them in a lot of debt, and they are now in a recovery period
RURIK: his goals were to unite ancient Russia
VLADIMIR THE GREAT: religious leader, didn't want ancient Russia to remember themselves for their sins, so he tried to clean it up religiously
Vladimir the Great was the leader of Russia at this time
The nation converted from the Pagan religion to the Christian religion
COLD WAR:
During the Cold War, the USSR was known for Communism and Socialism. Communism was with politics and Socialism was with economics (equal politics and economy).
Good time for Russia because people were equal and they liked their government
The main goal of Russia was to spread communism throughout Russia
Russia wanted to be known as the most powerful country in the world, and they thought the way to prove that was to win the "Space Race". Launched Sputnik, first man-made satellite put into space.
Iron Curtain: imaginary divider between freedom in Great Britain and Communism in Russia. Churchill made it very clear that the free side would never follow the Communists.
Stalin: Leader of Communistic USSR, might've been worse than Hitler, killed 2 million+ of his own people
GORCHEV: "De-Stalinization". Didn't believe in the labor camps that Stalin established. Created "K.G.B", equivalent to US C.I.A.
Cuban Missle Crisis: USSR placing missles in Cuba
Berlin Wall: "East-siders" (Communist) trying to get the the West side of the Berlin Wall (Free)
Comments