Orzechowski/World Cultures

Outline: Russia

Russia Fast Facts

•Ethnic Groups: over 190; 78% Russian

•Religion: Russian Orthodox 15-20%; Islam 10-15%

•Life Expectancy: 70.47 (US 78)

•Government: Federation

•Economy: Market based, except energy and defense

A History of Expansion

•Russia began in the region between the Baltic and the Black seas

•After invasions by the Vikings in the 9th century and the Mongolian Tatars in the 13th century, Russia began a rapid ______expansion

•By the end of the 17th century, Russia had expanded to the ______Ocean

•As Russia added land it also added many people of different ______groups, ______, and languages

•Russian science and technology fell ______the rest of Europe

•Russia was industrialized about 50 years ______than Europe

•When they did industrialize, it resulted in ______working conditions and low ______

•These problems contributed to people being angry with the ______

•Czar: Russian ______

Pre-Revolutionary Russia

•Before 1905, Russia was the last ______(absolutist form of monarchy)

•There was no parliament, the Czar ruled

•Czar ______was in power (Romanov empire)

•This begins to change in 1905

January, 1905: Bloody Sunday

•Workers marched on czar’s palace to present him with a list of demands

•They wanted a ______in government

•This ______march was met by troops who opened fire

•People started to ______and ______

•Nicholas II issues ______ to end revolution, and promises the creation of a Duma (parliament)

•October Manifesto was successful because Czar got the ______class on his side, Revolution is over

•After revolution, Czar ______on his promises

•Creates a Duma, but not as powerful as he promised

Growing Discontent

•Russian people grew more ______with the Czar and his leadership

•They didn’t trust or like his ______and thought she was unstable

February Revolution, 1917

•By Feb. 1917, Russia was experiencing weariness in war

•huge casualties

•tremendous food shortages at home

•harsh winters

•anger at profiteering

•Czar Nicholas was at the warfront, blamed for ______, plus Czar’s wife is ______

•These above issues cause Russia to explode into a ______

•Revolution was Unplanned, Unorganized, Leaderless  starts as a street demonstration over ______

•Ends with the ______of the Czar and end of Romanov dynasty

The Rise of the Soviet Union

•The Russian ______Party took over the government

–Led by Vladimir ______from 1917 until his death in 1924

•______came to power in 1928

•By 1922, Russia and the surrounding countries became the ______(USSR)

•Moved the capital to ______