russia. the 1 st czar of russia was ivan the terrible his actual coronation thrown

Russia

The 1st Czar of Russia was

Ivan the Terrible

His actual coronation thrown

From 1547-1560 Ivan expanded the Russian Empire. He is called Ivan

the “Terrible” because he formed a secret police that wore all black &

rode black horses. The police executed many of his enemies. He also killed his own son in a violent

quarrel.

Painting of the this incident.

St. Basils was constructed in Moscow under the rule of Ivan.

After the construction he ordered the architect to be blinded so he could never construct something

this beautiful again.

Why do many Russian buildings have onion domes?

The Onion domes shed

snow and prevent the roofs from

getting weighted down

in Russia’s long cold winter.

Peter the Great 1672-1725

Most of Western Europe in the 1700-1800’s moved

from an agriculture society to what?

To

Industrial Society

The development of the steam engine started the industrial revolution in Great Britain.

The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened.

Because of this, Peter the Great wanted to make Russia

more like Western Europe

He moved the capital of Russia from Moscow to the new city he built called St. Petersburg.

This allowed Russia to have closer ties with Western Europe and have a warm water port.

He also made Russian nobles shave their beards & dress like they do in Western Europe.

Where is the majority of Russia’s population located?

Being located in the West allows for better trade with Europe.

Catherine the Great was a Czar that made Russia the largest it’s

ever been.

Russia stretched from Europe to Alaska and claimed lands in

California.

Under her reign Russia was the largest Empire the world had ever known. It stretched from Europe to

Asia.

Many Geographers consider the Ural Mountains to be the divide

between Europe and Asia

Because of its hash climate not many people lived east of the

Ural mountains.

Where is the Taiga?

Siberia The Taiga is a large coniferous forest

region

Although Russia has a lot of land in it’s Empire, most of the

people of Russia were poor serfs.

Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia

Nicholas II got Russia involved in WWI. (1914-

1918)

Millions of Russian died fighting the Germans and soldiers were ill equipped on the front lines.

Vladimir Lenin who lead the Bolsheviks wanted to overthrow the Czar’s

government & end WWI

The Bolsheviks murdered the entire royal family and took over Russia. The girls called

themselves OTMA.

Lenin wanted to create a communist state in Russia were

all citizens would share the wealth.

Their slogan was “Peace, Land & Bread”

They called this new nation the Soviet Union.

Who controlled industry in the Former Soviet Union’s command

Economy?

The central government in the Kremlin Made all of the economic

decisions for the Soviet union.

Kremlin Towers

Birds eye view on Kremlin

Joseph Stalin took over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s

death.

Lenin has been in the mausoleum since his death in 1924.

Stalin was a ruthless dictator and is responsible for killing

thousands of Russian citizens in his purges.

Soviet Communist Propaganda

After WWII the Soviet Union entered into a COLD WAR with the United

States.

Soviets were the 1st to put a satellite & later a man in

space.

Sputnik

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets & the US

almost got involved in a nuclear war.

The US & the Soviet Union competed in everything.

The Soviet Government controlled all the factories so there was no one to oversee how they were doing, but the

Government.

A meltdown and explosion occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine on April 25 and 26 1986.

What is happening to the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea is shrinking because it’s waters are being used for

irrigation.

Since 1960, when the Aral Sea was the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea has lost 75% of its water volume. This loss is due to the agricultural diversion of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, the Aral's main sources of inflowing water. The Aral Sea is bounded by Kazakhstan on the north and Uzbekistan on the south.

In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev announced a new policy known

as glasnost (openness to the West)

In 1991 the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 different

republics and the Cold War officially ended.