Cold War USSR
Gordbichov-pres.
Goal-
DeStalinization
Stalin-Dictator
WWII
Lived till 1951
Left out of some of the talks with the Atom Bomb plus he hated democracy
Communism : Democracy
Socialism : Capitalism
Wanted to spread communism all around the world
Wanted to build a very strong military
Cold war lasted `45-`91
Nothing happened
Got along with communist countries
USSR tried going after the 3rd world countries to try and get them to convert to communism
China
North Korea
Laos
Vietnam
Cuba
Achievement-
League of Nations-34
57-Sputnik
Not good period in Russian history-Work Camps
Stalin killed 10 million of his own people
Bay of pigs-JFK ordered it
Failed miserably
Cuban missile crisis
Ancient Russia-
The beginnings-
The early history of Russia like those of many countries is one of migrating peoples and ancient kingdoms
Early Russia was not exactly Russia but a group of cities that gradually merged into an empire
A group of Scandinavian people (Varangians)
Crossed the Baltic Sea and landed in Eastern Europe The leader of the Varangians was the warrior Rurik
By 989, Vladimir I was the ruler of a kingdom that extended to as far south as the Black Sea, the Caucasus Mountains, and the lower reaches of the Volga River
He established a state religion
He carefully considered a number of available faiths and decided upon Greek Orthodoxy thus allying himself with Constantinople and the West
He decided against Islam partly because of his belief that his people could not live under a religion that prohibits hard liquor
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