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Soviet Union Timeline

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    Russian Empire

    Russian Empire
    The Russian Empire was an Empire that expanded from Poland to the Pacific Ocean. The Empire was very powerful and had a tyrant leader. This leader favored the rich and middle class and the lower class starved.

  • Russian Revolution

    Russian Revolution
    The russian citizens rose up against the leader of the Russian Empire. The citizens of Russia won the revolution and it was changed to a capitolist.

  • Russian Civil War

    Russian Civil War
    The two groups (Reds - communist and Whites - Capitolist) started a civil war. Vladimir Lenin and the Reds won the war and Russia became a communist.

  • World War II

    World War II
    This started off when Germany wanted to take over the world. Russia and Germany were allies at this time and then Germany stabbed the Soviet Union in the back and attacked them. Luckily, the winter had pushed back Germany and the Soviet Union joined the ailied forces. Germany had lost the war soon after.

  • Start of the Cold War

    Start of the Cold War
    The cold war started when Russia made every single one of the countries he got from world war into communism. The US did not like this and they got into a competition. The competition was called the Cold War because there was no direct conflict.

  • Iron Curtain was formed

    Iron Curtain was formed
    The Iron Curtain stopped anything that tried to go through. It stopped things from getting in and out

  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The Red Scare was when the US was scared of communist ideas coming to the US. This was stopped by detaining or killing people who were thought to be communists.

  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    This started when the US was scared that Asia would all become a communism. The US then helped South Vietnam to try and stop the spread. The US had trouble going at home though because the people did not want to be in this war anymore. The US then had to back their troops off.

  • Space Race

    Space Race
    The Space Race happened between the US and the Soviet Union. They had a competition to get to space. Russia had more important events in space but the US got to the moon first.

  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis
    This had started when the US had moved bombs to Turkey and Italy. The Soviet Union had then moved bombs to Cuba aimed directly at the US. This had scared the US and they attempted to stop them. This had worked, both sides had agreed to take the bombs away and this was averted.