RUSSIA
True or False, majority of Russia is uninhabitable (not able to be lived on by humans)
CANNOT BE STOLEN
TRUE
What group led the Russian revolution?
Bolsheviks
What 3 countries were on the allies' side at the end of WW2?
US, USSR, UK
What was the Cold War?
A military build-up between U.S. and USSR but no fighting ever happened
How many zones was Germany divided into?
4
Who was the first Czar of Russia?
When was the USSR established?
1921/1922
What 2 countries were on the axis' side at the end of WW2?
Japan and Germany
What was the United States worried about during the Cold War?
The Soviet Union spreading communism around Europe and Asia
Why was Germany divided into different zones?
It was devastated by WW2 and lacked a stable government
What is russification?
required everyone to speak Russian and follow Eastern orthodox Christinanity
Who became president of Russia when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991?
Boris Yeltsin
What 2 superpowers emerged after WW2?
US and USSR
What are proxy wars?
One country supporting another country to indirectly weaken their opponent
The Western Bloc consisted of what kind of governments
Democratic
Who came up with the idea of socialism?
Karl Marx
What is social realism?
People had to glorify communism in their art or their will be punished
Why did the USSR resent the U.S. after WW2?
The U.S. delay in entering the war
What is the idea of containment?
a strategy to prevent the spread of communism
The Eastern bloc consisted of what kind of governments?
Communist
When was the Russian Revolution?
1917
Who is the current president of Russia?
Vladimir Putin
Who is the current president of Ukraine?
Volodymyr Zelensky
What was a result of the Soviet Union collapsing?
15 independent countries emerged
What was the Iron Curtain?
the hypothetical line that separated the Western and Eastern Blocs.