1. History of Russia

2. Early History 9th Century 13th Century
Controlled by Vikings
13th Century
Taken by Mongols
16th Century – early 20th Century
Autocracy
Expands by taking as much territory as possible

3. Mid-20th Century WWI (1914-1918) Russian Revolution (1917)
Russia fights on side of Allies (GB, France, US)
Russian Revolution (1917)
Forced Czar Nicholas II to give up throne
Russian Communist Party rises led by Vladimir Lenin
Strict government control of government and society- based on ideas of Karl Marx

4. Soviet Era Russia becomes the USSR (1922)
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Joseph Stalin takes over after Lenin
WWII ( )
fought Nazi Germany on side of Allies
Conditions in Soviet Union were increasingly worse
Gulag Labor Camps
Falling economy

5. Soviet Era
Cold War ( )
Soviet Union set up communism in Eastern European neighbors
Goal: spread communism and boost economy

6. Modern Era Fall of the Soviet Union occurred in 1991
15 different republics created
12 joined the Commonwealth of Independent States
Today, region is divided up into independent states
Economic and political issues still occurring