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Bolshevik Revolution
Involving the Bolshevik people and Vladmir Lenin, a Russian civil war ended in 1923 with Lenin's red army claiming victory and establishing the soviet union and happened because the Bolsheviks established a socialist state in the territory that was once the Russian Empire. A long and bloody civil war followed and led to the establishment of the Soviet Union and helped Communism to become a more widespread political belief, sparking communist movements across the world. -
The Rise of The Soviet Union
Involving the Bolshevik people and Vladmir Lenin, where Bolsheviks overthrew the Russian provisional government and happened because the Bolsheviks established a socialist state in the territory that was once the Russian Empire. A long and bloody civil war followed and led to the establishment of communist governments that still exist today including the ones in China, Cuba, and North Korea. It also challenged new ideas as western nations were dominating the world at that time. -
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The Cold War
Involving the United State and the Soviet Union, where in 1948 they wanted to establish a new currency leading to economic chaos in the Soviet Union. This was because of the uneasy alliance between the United States and Great Britain on the one hand and the Soviet Union on the other that started to fall apart and created a sense of mistrust, decreasing international cooperation and increasing tension. Also leading to proxy wars including the Korean War and the Vietnam War. -
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The Arms and Space Race
Involving the United State and the Soviet Union, where in 1959 Usa deployed polaris submarines capable of launching nuclear missiles close to shore of the USSR(-BBC). The USSR successfully launched Sputnik 1 in 1957. These events was caused by how World War II had demonstrated to the world that rocket technology would drive modern warfare, and as such the U.S. and Russia locked themselves in a race to have the most superior technology. These events also helped end the Cold War -
Arms Race and Space Race
The arms race and space race was between the soviet union and the United States, in 1957 the USSR successfully launched Sputnik 1 , also in 1995 the U.S deployed a Polaris submarines capable of launching nuclear missiles close to shore of the USSR. This occurred because world war ll had demonstrated to the world that rocket technology would drive modern warfare, and as such the U.S. and Russia locked themselves in a race to have the most superior technology. -
The fall of the Soviet Union
12 independent republics were involved in the fall of the soviet union. In 1991 Gorbachev sealed the fate of the soviet union, the coup diminished Gorbachev's power and propelled Yeltsin and the democratic forces. Gorbachev decision to allow elections with multi-party system and created a presidency for the soviet union began a slow process of democratization that eventually destabilized communist control and contributed to the collapse of the soviet union. -
Ukrainian independent
Ukraine votes for independence admit the dissolution of the soviet union. The dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine became and independent state, with enlargement of the European Union in 2004. -
Vladimir Putin and the early 2000s
Vladimir Putin became the leader of Russia in 2012, his first major challenge that Putin faced was being accused of mishandling the submarine disaster. -
Russia Annexes Crimea
Between Russia and Moscow, Russian troops seized strategic sites across Crimea, followed by the installation of the pro-Russian Aksyonov government in Crimea, the Crimean status referendum, and the declaration of Crimea's independence on March 16 2014. -
Russo- Ukranian conflict
Russia and Ukraine has been a conflict that began in 2014 following from Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and supported pro-Russian separatists fighting the Ukrainian military in the Donbas war.