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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an Empire that was ruled by a tyrant. A tyrant is a person who takes over a country. The rich were favored over the poor and were forced to starve. Russia expanded from the Pacific Ocean to Poland -
Russian Revolution
Russian citizens rose up against the leader of the Russian Empire. The citizens of Russia won the revolution. The new form of government was communism and a dictator that made all of the decisions led by Vladimir Lenin. -
Russian Civil War
Two groups the Reds who supported Communism and the Whites who supported Capitalism started the Civil War in Russia. Vladimir Lenin and the Reds who and after the war said that the leader made all of the decisions. Lenin was assassinated by a person from the white group and Joseph Stalin took over. -
World War II
WWII was a war between many counties. The Soviet Union was a communist government. The US had a capitalist type of government. Many countries had allies and some countries didn't fight. -
Start of the Cold War
The cold war was a war with no gunfire. The war was a battle between ideas. The US who believed in capitalism was going against the Soviet Union who believed in communism. -
Iron Curtain was Formed
The soviet Union would use the Iron curtain to make sure no capitalist ideas get into their country. They wanted everyone in their country to think that communism was the best. -
Red Scare
People that lived in the US were scared of the idea of communism. Everyone was suspicious of other people. Things that people did daily people thought is was sus. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam war was a war between south Vietnam, and the US, VS north Vietnam. North Vietnam was the communist part of the country. South Vietnam was teamed up with the US to defeat the communist north. North Vietnam was striking the US and south Vietnam so they got back at them. They would fight in a jungle climate. -
Space Race
The race was to see who could do better. The US and the Soviet Union were in the race. They made some really big achievements but the US won and got the first man on the moon. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was when cuba and the US had a tight relationship. Cuba was supported by the Soviet Union and Cuba was ready to attack the US. The US and Soviet Union agreed to take the missiles out. -
Fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union was very big. Many things made the Soviet Union fall. The Soviet Union fell because of the idea of communism and where people could not disobey the dictator.