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Russia

Russia. Vocab quiz, 5 to 8 pts., on Mo, Dec. 12. You may use your notes. Russia, theme 1: Geography. Russia, theme 1: Geography. Russians, Ukranians, & Belarusians are Slavs Tatars, Bashkirs, & Chuvash are Turkic Chechens, Avars, Kabardinians are Caucasians. Russia, theme 1: Geography.

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  1. Russia • Vocab quiz, 5 to 8 pts., on Mo, Dec. 12. You may use your notes.

  2. Russia, theme 1: Geography

  3. Russia, theme 1: Geography Russians, Ukranians, & Belarusians are Slavs Tatars, Bashkirs, & Chuvash are Turkic Chechens, Avars, Kabardinians are Caucasians

  4. Russia, theme 1: Geography When the USSR broke up in 1991, it broke into 15 distinct states . . . Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Belarus, & the Russian Federation The Russian Republic is one of the newest countries in the world!!

  5. Russia, theme 1: Geography How is the population distributed geographically in Russia? What does this tell us about Russia in regards to culture? What's the latitude of Moscow? What factors limit migration east of the Urals? What are the 3 major groupings of peoples of Russia? What was the outcome of the breakup of the Soviet Union (USSR) in terms of political geography?

  6. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Persistant themes from Muscovite era to today . . . 1. Geographic sprawl raises costs of communication, resource extraction, administration, defense 2. Multiethnicity adds tensions, costs for keeping the peace 3. Centrifugal forces are suppressed by aggressive authority 4. Tradition of centralized power has nurtured expectations of autocratic governance

  7. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, 1958-1964: "You'd think I, as first secretary, could change anything in my country. Like hell I can! No matter what changes I propose & carry out, everything stays the same. Russia's like a tub full of dough, you put your hand in it, down to the bottom, & think you're the master of the situation. When you first pull out your hand, a little hole remains, but then, before your very eyes, the dough expands into a spongy, puffy mass. That's what Russia is like!"

  8. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Masses have lacked a political voice Constant interaction w/ rest of Europe is an enduring theme . . . Simultanously receptive & hostile to influences of the west

  9. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Feudal Russia - institution of serfdom left bitter legacy of peasant resentment of the elite, hindered development of private property as an ideal, kept economic development at bay The last 3 czars, 1855-1917, practiced 'Russification' of many ethnic groups, who resented this Despite modernizations under these czars, autocracy remained strong A humiliating defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05, & a humiliating retreat in WWI were both followed by revolutions, the 2nd successful in overthrowing the empire

  10. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context WWI was fatal to the dynasty Bolshevik (Communist) Party leader Vladimir Lenin emerged to lead the country on the road to communism Lenin crafted the one-party system, a top-down, centrally controlled system run by the Communist Party Other parties were outlawed

  11. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader, 1924-1953 Played to Russian nationalism Developed nomenklatura system . . . list of Party loyals who were 'qualified' for positions with some power 'Ideal citizen' under Stalin - obedient to party & state; mouthpiece for Kremlin ideology; work for higher good of the USSR Targeted countryside, communalizing farming Killed millions of 'enemies' & sent millions more to gulags (prisons) Died in '53

  12. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context 1953-1991 . . . hope, apathy, & decline 1958-1964: Nikita Khrushchev, failed reformer 1964-1982: Leonid Brezhnev, revives Stalinist state with less bloodshed 1985-1991: Reformer Mikhail Gorbachev reformed the USSR out of business

  13. Russia, theme 2 - Historical context Two incidents that foreshadowed the collapse of the USSR 1) Meltdown of Chernobyl nuclear reactor, 1986 2) Flight of 19-year old W. German Mathias Rust from Finland to Red Square

  14. A/B Pairs A, give clues to get B to say . . . Russification Chechens or Chechnya Nikita Khrushchev Mikhail Gorbachev

  15. A/B Pairs B, give clues to get A to say . . . Bolsheviks Joseph Stalin Nomeklatura Chernobyl

  16. A/B Pairs A, tell B everything you know about . . . x B, tell A everything you know about . . .

  17. y • y

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