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Russia and

the CISHuman Geography


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Birth of an Empire

In the 800s Vikings came and settled in

the region with the Slavic peoples and

the region began to expand. Invaders from Mongolia controlled the

region from 1200 1500 and expansion

was stopped.


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Often called Ivan the Terrible

This prince of Moscow put an end to the Mongol rule in the 1500s Was the first Tsar/Csar (King)

United Russia & expanded their territory (conqueror)

Ivan the Great


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St. Basils Cathedral- in Moscow, RussiaLegend is that Ivan the Terrible had the architects eyes put out

after they built this so that they could never build anything more

beautiful somewhere else.


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Peter the Great (1672-1725)

Peter the Great was

crowned czar of Russia

at the age of 10. Peter tried to

modernize Russia and

bring it up to speed

with the rest of Europe.


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He built St. Petersburg in 1703 as his

Window on the West to be close to

Europe. He made it the new capital.


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Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great is

remembered as one of the

greatest reformers of Russia.

Pushed education

During her reign, Catherine

continued the reforms begun

by Peter the Great that

ultimately led to the

emergence of Russia onto the

worldwide stage of politics.


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During Catherine's reign, Russia also achievedgreat military success and gained large tracts of

land, including access to the Black Sea. Palace ofCatherine the Great


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Industrial Revolution

When the Industrial Revolution came to

Russia, it resulted in harsh working

conditions and low wages. People

began to be angry at the czars who

ruled Russia.


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Nicholas & Alexandra

In 1917, the Russian

Revolution led by

Marx and Lenin, had

the last Czar and his

family all killed.

Lenin took control of

the government. The Communist party

took control of the

economy.


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Russian revolution-1917


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Lenin speaking to crowd


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The Rise of the Soviet Union

In 1922, the Communist party organized

the different peoples from Russias

expansion into the Soviet Union.

The leaders ruled from their new capital,

Moscow.


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MOSCOW (now the capital)St Basils cathedral Kremlin (Govt HQ)


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Expansion


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Cold War

Stalin had taken over leadership by WWII

After the war, he imposed Communist

governments in Eastern Europe. The United States feared a new age of

expansion and spreading of communism

throughout the world.

Tensions between the US and USSR led

to the Cold War.


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Communism

Communism was inspired by Karl Marx whobelieved that citizens should own propertytogether and everyone would share in the

wealth. Soviet leaders adopted a command economy,

where the central government makes all theimportant economic decisions.

The government also took control of all sourcesof the nations wealth, including land, mines,factories, banks, transportation.


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In reality, only a small number of

individuals benefited from the changes

Many people protested but Stalins forcespunished swiftly.

Estimates say that Stalin was responsible

for 14 million deaths.


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Fall of the Soviet Union

A new Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev,

started to give more economic and political

freedom to the Soviet people.

This led to the collapse of the Communist

governments in Eastern Europe and the

Soviet Union.


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15 Republics

The region was

divided into 15

independentrepublics with

Russia being the

largest and most

powerful.


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Russian President VladamirPutin


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Central Asia

Five republics in Central Asia:

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan


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Travelers first made their way across the

region in large numbers around 100 B.C.

Many joined caravans making the 4,000mile journey between China and

Mediterranean Sea


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Silk Road

This route was called the Silk Road, after

the costly silk they bough in China.

Also carried other goods including gold,silver, ivory, jade, wine, spices, amber,

porcelain, perfumes

Silk road became a route for spreading

ideas, technology, and religion


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Many cities were built along the silk road

to take advantage of the trade.

Central Asia was in direct path and hasmuch history based on the silk road


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Ethnic Groups

Large number of ethnic groups in CentralAsia

5 nations were made from five largestethnic groups

-Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik,

Turkmen, Uzbek

However, borders deliberately left large

numbers of one ethnic group as minoritiesin their neighboring republics of otherethnic groups


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Language and Religion

Differ in ethnicity, but unified by religion

and language

Most practice Islam, which was brought byMuslim warriors in the 8th and 9th centuries

Most also speak languages related to

Turkish- many also speak Russian

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