chapter 12:3. russia = u.s.s.r. = soviet union in 1917, czar nicholas ii is overthrown and russia...
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THE SOVIET UNIONChapter 12:3
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT???
Russia = U.S.S.R. = Soviet Union
REVOLUTION!
In 1917, Czar Nicholas II is overthrown and Russia becomes a communist nation.
JOSEPH STALIN
Ruled the Soviet Union during WWII
The government controlled everything– what to build, what to make in factories, what to grow on farms
Used secret police
COLLECTIVE FARMS
Government-owned and employed large numbers of workers
Food was distributed by the government
Often, people didn’t have enough to feed their families
AFTER WORLD WAR II….
THE COLD WAR!
THE COLD WAR
WEST: NATO (U.S. and Western Europe)
Constitutional monarchies and democracies
FREE
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
United States
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Denmark
France
Iceland
Italy
Luxemburg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
1952: Greece & Turkey
1955: West Germany
1983: Spain
THE COLD WAR
EAST: Warsaw Pact (U.S.S.R. and Eastern European countries)
Communist puppet governments
NOT FREE!!!
Warsaw Pact (1955)
} U. S. S. R.
} Albania
} Bulgaria
} Czechoslovakia
} East Germany
} Hungary
} Poland
} Rumania
SUPER POWER
The U.S.S.R. controlled Eastern Europe through puppet governments.
They could vote, but they only had ONE party to choose from. This is called a one party system.