Russia!Like most of Europe, Russia was a monarchy (rule by a

tsar/czar, or king) for over 300 years until 1917. As Russia was failing to win WW1, stumbling like Notre Dame versus Alabama, a new group

stood up and took over power. They were known by this flag…

Whose flag was this?

The Soviet Union a.k.a. the USSR (Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics)

The Soviet Union was formed in December 1922.

Communist Party goal was to make a classless society, an idea made predicted by Karl MarxWhat do you think a

“classless society” means?

Josef Stalin (Russian)

Karl Marx (German)

A Totalitarian State

A system of government where all authority is in the hands of a few people, like a dictator, and all people must serve the state.

In order to produce this “perfect society” Stalin felt that all external and more importantly internal enemies had to be destroyedFrom 1934- 1938 half of the urban population was on police lists

Known as The Great Terror5% of the people were arrestedFound themselves waiting on the

death penalty or en route to a Gulag (Soviet Labor

Camp)

Food $135

Clothing $55

Rent, utilities $10

Recreation $30

Income Tax $25

Misc. $15

TOTAL: $270

Soviet citizens continued to be the subjects of surveillance

Always required to carry their passports

Living conditions greatly decreased under Stalin

15% of families lived in a single room

47% lived in to rooms

Government-funded apartments rented for chea[

Nationalities Population (millions)

Russian 145.2

Ukrainians 44.2

Uzbeks 16.7

Belorussians 10

Kazaks 8.1

Azerbaijanis 6.8

Tatars 6.6

Armenians 4.6

Tajiks 4.2

Georgians 4

Who exactly is considered “Soviet” or “Russian”?

Russia, the largest country in the world, It stretches over 6,000 miles from the Baltic

Sea to the North Pacific.

The The rubleruble is is the currency the currency

of the Russian of the Russian FederationFederation

Russia after the fall of communism is now called the “Russian Federation” and is a democracy like the U.S.

The KremlinThe Kremlin

Moscow is the capital and largest city in Russia.

The Kremlin is the center of Russian government.

St. Basil’s St. Basil’s CathedralCathedral

Located in Located in Moscow’s Red Moscow’s Red Square. Square.

The “onion dome” The “onion dome” shape is found shape is found often in Russian often in Russian church church architecture.architecture.

The biggest church The biggest church is the Eastern is the Eastern Orthodox churchOrthodox church

Tchaikovsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Ilich

(1840-1893)(1840-1893)

1st Russian composer to gain 1st Russian composer to gain world-wide honors.world-wide honors.

He is best known for his ballets: He is best known for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.Sleeping Beauty.

*Famous theater *Famous theater located in Moscow.located in Moscow.*It has produced some *It has produced some of the world’s greatest of the world’s greatest dancers including dancers including Mikhail Baryshnikov

The The Bolshoi TheatreBolshoi Theatre

No official language however Russian was preferred in regards to the government and economics

Count in Count in RussianRussian

1 ah-DEEN

2. dva

3 tree

4 chih – TEE - reh

5 p’yaht’

6 shayst

7 seeaym

8 VO - seeaym

9 DTEH-veht

10 DTEH-seht

Matryoshka- Matryoshka- (ma-tree-OSH-ka)(ma-tree-OSH-ka)

A popular toy in Russia is a A popular toy in Russia is a nesting doll called nesting doll called MatryoshkaMatryoshka. . The grandfathers carved them The grandfathers carved them out of wood for the out of wood for the grandmothers or babushkas to grandmothers or babushkas to use to tell stories to their use to tell stories to their grandchildren.grandchildren.

Vocabulary: adapt, modify, renewable, non-renewable, communist, socialist, tundra, propaganda, steppe, Volga, collective, gulag, tsar, nomad