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Russia!

Russia! Like most of Europe, Russia was a monarchy (rule by a tsar/czar, or king) for over 300 years until 1917. As Russia was failing to win WW1, stumbling like Notre Dame versus Alabama, a new group stood up and took over power. They were known by this flag…. Whose flag was this?.

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Russia!

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  1. Russia! Like most of Europe, Russia was a monarchy (rule by a tsar/czar, or king) for over 300 years until 1917. As Russia was failing to win WW1, stumbling like Notre Dame versus Alabama, a new group stood up and took over power. They were known by this flag…

  2. Whose flag was this?

  3. The Soviet Union a.k.a. the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

  4. Communism Josef Stalin (Russian) The Soviet Union was formed in December 1922. Communist Party goal was to make a classless society, an idea made predicted by Karl Marx Karl Marx (German) What do you think a “classless society” means?

  5. A Totalitarian State A system of government where all authority is in the hands of a few people, like a dictator, and all people must serve the state.

  6. Gulags in the USSR In order to produce this “perfect society” Stalin felt that all external and more importantly internal enemies had to be destroyed From 1934- 1938 half of the urban population was on police lists Known as The Great Terror 5% of the people were arrested Found themselves waiting on the death penalty or en route to a Gulag (Soviet Labor Camp)

  7. Everyday life in the USSR Budget Soviet citizens continued to be the subjects of surveillance Always required to carry their passports Living conditions greatly decreased under Stalin 15% of families lived in a single room 47% lived in to rooms Government-funded apartments rented for chea[

  8. Who exactly is considered “Soviet” or “Russian”?

  9. Russia after the fall of communism is now called the “Russian Federation” and is a democracy like the U.S. The ruble is the currency of the Russian Federation Russia, the largest country in the world, It stretches over 6,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to the North Pacific.

  10. The Kremlin Moscow is the capital and largest city in Russia. The Kremlin is the center of Russian government.

  11. St. Basil’s Cathedral • Located in Moscow’s Red Square. • The “onion dome” shape is found often in Russian church architecture. • The biggest church is the Eastern Orthodox church

  12. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich (1840-1893) • 1st Russian composer to gain world-wide honors. • He is best known for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. *Famous theater located in Moscow. *It has produced some of the world’s greatest dancers including Mikhail Baryshnikov The Bolshoi Theatre

  13. Language No official language however Russian was preferred in regards to the government and economics

  14. Count in Russian Matryoshka- (ma-tree-OSH-ka) 1 ah-DEEN 2. dva 3 tree 4 chih – TEE - reh 5 p’yaht’ 6 shayst 7 seeaym 8 VO - seeaym 9 DTEH-veht 10 DTEH-seht • A popular toy in Russia is a nesting doll called Matryoshka. • The grandfathers carved them out of wood for the grandmothers or babushkas to use to tell stories to their grandchildren.

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