Topic2-L


 * __Topic #2__: __The Soviet Era__ (p. 425-429)**


 * L** (What did you learn? Take notes as you read; answer your questions):
 * WWII Russia suffered many defeats
 * 1917 people forced Czar Nicholas II to give up his thrown
 * soviet means a local council elected only by manual workers, with certain powers of local administration
 * 2 super powers are USSR and United States
 * Lenin led Russia into the revolution
 * USSR collapse was in 1991
 * in 1914 war broke out between Russia and Germany
 * Russians were not prepared for the war
 * it was when Russians and German armies met and fought many battles Russia had a feew winnings and many losses
 * 1922 Russia's Communist leaders had power... In the same year U.S.S.R was made
 * 1924-- Lenin died {the head}...few years went by and finally Joseph Stalin became the leader
 * Joseph Stalin--- government took over all farming, 5 year plan to industrialize, many cities grew, government took over economy
 * people who did not like them went to the jails in Siberia
 * 1941--- cold war, US and Russia were fighting... ethnic groups wanted to leave
 * 1985-- Mikhail Gorbachev wanted to do the opposite of the others...collapsed
 * late 1991--- the Soviet Union broke apart
 * In 1917, political leaders, soldiers, and factory workers forced Czar Nicholas II to give up the throne.
 * Russia was a communist state -- a country whose government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole
 * In 1922, Russia's communist leaders were securely in power.
 * 1922 was the year that the Soviet Union was born and started to grow
 * The Russia Revolution was a war in 1917