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Russia



U.S.S.R. (December 10 1922-December 25 1991)

Russia (December 26 1991-Present)



Provinces of current day Russia



The Kremlin

Important Facts: Currency-Ruble Languege-Russian Goverment-Federal Semi-Presidential Republic Total Land Area- 6,529,800 square miles Population (2010)- 141,927,297 Capital-Moscow

Timeline: Major Points: COLD WAR PUTIN STALIN+LENIN CURRENT REVOLTUION COMMUNISM VS. DEMOCARCY + FREE MARKET CHINA+KOREA BALTIC STATES CHECHNYA Side points: KGB SOCIETY (FOOD, CULTURE, ART, CONSUMER GOODS)

1921-Lenin changes economy to slightly more free economy. 1922-Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia (Belarus), Transcaucasia (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) makes up the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics U.S.S.R…. 1924-Lenin dies. 1924-Stalin comes to power and starts the 5 year plan which means the economy is focused on heavy industry and not consumer goods. 1928-Stalin is now a dictator. 1934-Stalin starts his purges killing millions. 1937-Stalin purges the army killing ½ his officers which will have an irreplaceable effect on WWII. 1939-Russia invades Poland and Finland. 1939-August 3 Hitler and Stalin sign the non aggression pact. 1940-Russia annexes Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. 1941-Germany invades Russia. 1943-Russia wins Stalingrad and Russia. 1945-Berlin is captured WWII ends. 1945-Berlin Airlift, Berlin Wall, and the cold war starts. 1953-Stalin dies. 1953 Nikita Khrushchev become first secretary of the Communist party. 1957-Russia launches first satellite. 1961-Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. 1962-Cuban missile crisis, Khrushchev takes missiles back from Cuba. 1964-Leonid Brezhnev becomes first secretary of the Communist party and disposes of Khrushchev. 1969-Border clashes with China. 1970-Consumer goods more available. 1972-Nixon signs peace agreements. 1978-1982 Russian invasion of Afghanistan. 1985- General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev works to fix economy. 1986-Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. 1987- Gorbachev allows more free speech. 1991-Boris Yeltsin first Russian president and Leningrad renamed St. Petersburg. 1991-KGB replaced by SVR. 1991-U.S.S.R. breaks up even with a Communist coup. 1992-Yeltsin ends Communist dominance privatizes, the economy, and allows free press. 1993-Nuclear accident at Tomsk 7 in Russia. 1994-Province of Chechnya breaks away and Russia sends troops in. 1994-Clinton and Yeltsin agree not to aim nuclear missiles at each other. 1994-Russia and People Republic of China stop aiming missiles at each other. 1995-200 Russian missiles components found in Tigris River. 1996-Russia gets a 10.2 Billion loan to help their economy. 1996- First Chechnya war Yeltsin starts a cease fire. 1998-Stock market collapses new Rubbles issued. 1998-Galina Starovoitova who advocated democracy is assassinated. 1999- Chechen rebels invade province of Dagestan. 1999-2000- 2nd Chechnya war. 2000 Putin elected president