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U.S.S.R.

U.S.S.R. Rise and Fall of a Nation. Vladimir Lenin (1917 – 1924). N.E.P. (New Economic Policy) Some elements of capitalism. Josef Stalin (1924 – 1953). Five Year Plans to rebuild industry Great Purge to imprison or kill political dissidents. Nikita Khrushchev (1953 – 1964).

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U.S.S.R.

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  1. U.S.S.R. Rise and Fall of a Nation

  2. Vladimir Lenin (1917 – 1924) • N.E.P. (New Economic Policy) • Some elements of capitalism

  3. Josef Stalin (1924 – 1953) • Five Year Plans to rebuild industry • Great Purge to imprison or kill political dissidents

  4. Nikita Khrushchev (1953 – 1964) • De-Stalinization- freed many political prisoners • Eased censorship • “We will bury you!” Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Berlin Wall

  5. Sputnik (1957) • 1st artificial satellite to orbit earth • Starts Space Race

  6. Berlin Wall (1961) • Divided West & East Berlin • Fell in 1989

  7. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) • U.S.S.R. tried to smuggle weapons into Cuba. • U.S. imposed a naval blockade. • U.S.S.R. backs down.

  8. Leonid Brezhnev (1964 – 1982) • Suppressed dissidents • Critics were imprisoned in insane asylums.

  9. Détente (1970’s) • Easing of tensions a “thaw” in the Cold War • SALT- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (I & II)

  10. Brezhnev Doctrine • U.S.S.R. had the right to prevent its satellite countries from rejecting communism. • What made Brezhnev so mad???? • The Czechoslovakians ….

  11. The Prague Spring (1968) • Czechoslovakian President Alexandr Dubcek announced a new form of democratic communism. • For four months they enjoyed freedom of speech and less state controls.

  12. What did the U.S.S.R. do? • 500,000 Warsaw Pact troops invaded • Czechoslovakia. • They didn’t fight back, but stood in front of the tanks & put flowers in the soldiers hair. • Dubcek was arrested and sent to Moscow.

  13. Invasion of Afghanistan (1979 - 1988) • Drained Soviet economy. • Low morale. • Ended détente • The USSR’s Vietnam US helped Taliban resistance fighters with guns and equipment

  14. Mikhail Gorbachev(1985 – 1991) • Signed arms treaty with the U.S. • Pulled troops out of Afghanistan

  15. Glasnost • Openness • Ended censorship

  16. Perestroika • Restructuring of the government & the economy.

  17. Nationalities • Freedom movement in Eastern Europe • Conflicts between pro-communist & pro-democratic groups • Minority revolts and civil conflicts

  18. Effects of the Fall • Formation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) • Loss of role as world superpower • End of the Cold War • Economic hardships

  19. Boris Yeltsin (1991 – 2000) elected President of democratic Russia • Reduced nuclear stock piles • Unemployment increased • Prices increased • Criminals & gang activity big problems

  20. Chechnya is a province with a Muslim majority. They wanted their autonomy from Russia. 21 month guerilla and civil war. Russia withdrew troops but did not grant total independence. Chechnya Revolt (1994 - 1996)

  21. Vladimir Putin (2000 – 2008) • Tough on dissidents • Ex-KGB • Current prime minister

  22. Dmitry Medvedev (2008 – present) • Hand-picked by Putin. • Working to reform the government ?!? • Invasion of Georgia (Aug.2008) Sorry Russia that the male US figure skater won gold and you took silver – whine about it why don’t you!

  23. “We will buy you” -Medvedev

  24. DEFEAT THE NAZIS LENIN 1917 – 1991 STALIN FIRST IN SPACE (SPUTNIK) LEADERSHIP OF GORBACHEV ONE OF TWO SUPERPOWERS GLASNOST GORBACHEV PERESTROIKA FIRST COMMUNIST NATION 15 INDEPENDENT STATES R.I.P.Soviet Union

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