Soviet Government
This was the form of government and economy under the Soviet Union.
What is communism?
Russia got rid of communism in 1991 and changed to a democracy. Russia's first democratic leader was ___________ _______________.
Boris Yeltsin
People in Russia have been arrested for protesting under Putin's government despite ______ ______ being allowed under its constitution.
What is free speech?
This guy was the last leader of the Soviet Union.
Who was Gorbachev?
Russia's first democratic leader changed the country's economy to ____________________ right away in early 1992.
capitalism
This Russian word meaning "openess" gave Soviet citizens new freedoms.
What is glasnost?
When Russia changed its economy in 1992 away from communism, the country experienced one of these three effects:
*No change
*Lots of job growth
*Lots of unemployment and high prices.
What is lots of unemployment and high prices?
This Russian word meaning "restructuring" allowed Soviet citizens to own a businesses and property in the late 1980's.
What is perestroika?
Russia's first democratic leader resigned in 1999. His replacement was ____________ ____________.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
Many members of the Communist Party didn't like the changes made by the Soviet Union's last leader, so they had him __________________ when he was on vacation in 1991.
arrested
Soviet society under communism was tightly controlled, but with freedom came an increase in _______________.
crime.