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Russia. The 1 st Czar of Russia was Ivan the Terrible. His actual coronation thrown.

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  1. Russia

  2. The 1st Czar of Russia wasIvan the Terrible His actual coronation thrown

  3. 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. he was described as intelligent and devout, yet given to rages and prone to episodic outbreaks of mental illness In 1581, Ivan beat his pregnant daughter-in-law for wearing immodest clothing, and this may have caused a miscarriage. His son, also named Ivan, upon learning of this, engaged in a heated argument with his father, which resulted in Ivan striking his son in the head with his pointed staff, causing his son's (accidental) death.

  4. Painting of the this incident.

  5. 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.

  6. Why do many Russian buildings have onion domes?

  7. The Onion domes shed snow and prevent the roofs from getting weighted down in Russia’s long cold winter.

  8. Peter the Great 1672-1725

  9. Most of Western Europe in the 1700-1800’s moved from an agriculture society to what? To

  10. Industrial Society The development of the steam enginestarted the industrial revolution in Great Britain. The steam engine was created to pump water from coal mines, enabling them to be deepened.

  11. Because of this, Peter the Great wanted to make Russia more like Western Europe

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

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

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

  15. Catherine the Great was a Czar that made Russia the largest it’s ever been.

  16. Russia stretched from Europe to Alaska and claimed lands in California.

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

  18. Many Geographers consider the Ural Mountains to be the divide between Europe and Asia

  19. Where is the majority of Russia’s population located?

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

  21. Because of its hash climate not many people lived east of the Ural mountains.

  22. Where is the Taiga?

  23. SiberiaThe Taiga is a large coniferous forest region

  24. Although Russia has a lot of land in it’s Empire, most of the people of Russia were poor serfs.

  25. VS.

  26. Nicholas II was the last Czar of Russia

  27. Nicholas II got Russia involved in WWI. (1914-1918)

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

  29. Vladimir Lenin who lead the Bolsheviks wanted to overthrow the Czar’s government & end WWI

  30. The Bolsheviks murdered the entire royal family and took over Russia. Name for the girls became known as OTMA for their names Olga Tatiana Maria Anastasia

  31. Lenin wanted to create a communist state in Russia were all citizens would share the wealth.Their slogan was “Peace, Land & Bread”

  32. They called this new nation the Soviet Union.

  33. Who controlled industry in the Former Soviet Union’s command Economy?

  34. The central government in the Kremlin Made all of the economic decisions for the Soviet union. Kremlin Towers Birds eye view on Kremlin

  35. Joseph Stalin took over the Soviet Union after Lenin’s death. Lenin has been in the mausoleum since his death in 1924.

  36. Stalin was a ruthless dictator and is responsible for killing thousands of Russian citizens in his purges.

  37. Soviet Communist Propaganda

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

  39. Soviets were the 1st to put a satellite & later a man in space. Sputnik

  40. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviets & the US almost got involved in a nuclear war.

  41. The US & the Soviet Union competed in everything.

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

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

  44. What is happening to the Aral Sea?

  45. 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.

  46. In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev announced a new policy known as glasnost (openness to the West)

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