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CHAPTER 16 SECTION 1
RUSSIA AND THE WESTERN REPUBLICS
Russia today
A Human Perspective
Communism
After Lenin’s death in 1924, Joseph
Stalin took control of the
government.
He was considered by most to be a
ruthless dictator.
His regime is known for Stalinism,
which was the inhumane, rapid
industrialization of the U.S.S.R.
Stalin sent millions of
Soviets who did not conform to the
Stalinist ideal to forced-labor
camps.
Historians believe about 20 million
Soviets died from starvation,
executions,
and life in the labor camps.
Cold War
Stalin installed pro-Soviet The Cold War escalated
government in all countries numerous times to
that had been liberated potential World Wars, but
from Germany. never reached that point.
4. U.S. leaders fear a new The most notable events
expansion was beginning were the Berlin Blockade,
and that Stalin would be the Korean War, the
spreading communism. Vietnam War, the Cuban
Diplomats called it the
Missile Crisis, and the
Cold War. Soviet-Afghan War.
Fall of the Soviet Union & The Russian Federation
The Cold War ended during the The Soviet Union collapsed in
time of Mikhail Gorbachev’s 1991, forming 15 new and
reign as ruler. independent republics.
Gorbachev introduced Boris Yeltsin was elected
openness within the country President of Russia in 1991, in
and a time of restructuring to the first direct presidential
modernize the country. election in Russian history.
The U.S.S.R. was the 2nd largest
economy in the world before its
collapse.
Russia Today