world geos -test 3 Flashcards
(25 cards)
cold war & proximity war
with Russia and the US. during the atomic era
russian empire
Muscovy – 1552 independence from the Mongol State
Revolution and USSR
Discontent caused by famine and WWI – revolution 1917 – civil war 1917-1922
1547 russian empire
Ivan the terrible named the first Tsar and creates
the oprichnina
1721-1725 Russian king
– Peter the Great
1762-1796 russsian queen
– Catherine the Great
the romanov family
1918 killed, bodies recently only found
lenin
major figure of the social democratic labor party of russia
lenin era?
Red Terror
lenin was what for the buildings in russia
Architect of the Soviet Union (1922)
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
1939, aligned the Soviet Union with Germany
iron Curtin
1945-1991
stalin
after lenin, responsible for genocide and cold war era
putin
former KGB president from 200 to 2008 and further
who made the russian government change the laws about how long a person could be in power?
putin
the kremlin
equivalent to American pentagon/ white house
on paper, russia is what
democracy
the near abroad
Russians federation sphere of influence
BRICS
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
oligarchs
political and economic power
russian economy based on what
mainly exports
what does russian economy mainly export
oil / raw materials
feb 21 2022
putin declared Donetsk and Luhansk independent nations
feb 24 2022
russia declares war on ukraine
