During the developement of Russia, Russia went from being a command economy to a _____ economy?
Market Economy
200
For how many years did the Muscovy and the Mongols keep peace?
200 years
200
What did the East Slavs become?
Russians, Ukrainians and Belarusians
200
Who became strong enough to run the Mongols out, two centuries later?
The Muscovites
200
Who seized control of Russia?
Bolsheviks
200
In what year did the Russian ecomony begin to improve?
2000
300
What is "Bloody Sunday"?
Began with a peaceful crowd of workers desiring better working conditions. They marched towards the Czar's palace in St. Petersburg, where 1,000 marchers were shot.
300
Who settled with the East Slavs and became accustom to their language and culture?
The Scandinavian Warriors (Varangians)
300
Who expanded Russia's empire in the late 1700's?
Catherine The Great
300
How did the Bolsheviks gain control?
Communism
300
The rate of inflation at an unbelievable high of 1,500% in 1992, fell below by what percent by 1997?
20%
400
Who freed the Serfs? And when?
Czar Alexander ll, 1861
400
Who overran Kievan Rus?
The Mongols
400
Who was the first prince of the Muscovy?
Ivan lll (Ivan The Great)
400
What did the Bolsheviks promise the people?
"Peace, Land, and Bread!"
400
In what decade did Tatarsan, Dagestan, Chechnya, and other Russian ethnic territiories demand greater self-rule?
1990's
500
When did the Bolsheviks win the Civil War?
1921
500
What happened to the Slavs once the Mongols overran Kiev?
They ran to the forest and went to the Moskva River
500
What is the name of the fortress that Prince Ivan built? And what was inside of it?
Cremlin, filled with churches and palaces
500
What were the Bolsheviks and the Anti-Bolshevik armies called?
The red and white armies.
500
In what year did the Chechnya's declare their independance, and what was the result of this?
1991, Borris Yeltsin sent troops into the country in 1994, to scare other parts of Russia into not doing the same