Name___________________________________________________________________Date___________Period_____________
Russian Relations
Directions: Using the Russian Relations Folders fill in the missing notes. Turn in before your leave
for the day. Critical thinking questions will follow as an exit ticket over this information.
Vladimir Lenin
① Leader of the
from 1917-1924
② Led the
to revolt and remove Tsar Nicholas the II and the royal family.
③ Implemented a ________________________that would ____________________________of the
_______________and ________________________of the USSR.
Josef Stalin
① Led the USSR from 1924-1953.
② Many were ________________________________________________________________during this time period.
③ Enforced the________________________________________
`Government set prices and production, and gave allotments of what you were allowed to
purchase.
Communism
① Based on the principle that government would _________________, and ____________________________
______________________________________
② Individuals cant own businesses or decide how to make or spend money.
③ In ______________________________, there would ____________________________________________________
since all would be equal.
Cold War
① _________________________and _______________________________Tensions between the USSR and the
USA due to______________________________________________________.
② Both countries, and their leaders, __________________________each other and engaged in a
_______________________________________________.
③ _____________________________________________________.
Red Scare
① American ________________________to _______________________communism and embed scare tactics
in people around the world to ___________________________anyone associated with communism.
② Went __________________________________ and even __________________________________were blamed
for being communist (modern day witch hunt).
Cuban Missile Crisis
① Tense ________________________________________________________between the USSR and the USA
near________, when the USSR was trying to deliver _______________________________________to Cuba.
② A truce was agreed on, stating the _____________________________________________________________ (so
they __________________________________________________war heads) and ___________would take our
nuclear war heads out of _______________________(USSRs next door neighbor).
③ Between President ____________________________and Nikita _________________________________
Space Race
① Competition between the USSR and the USA to be the best in Space ________________________
and__________________________________.
② The US lands ___________________________on________________________________.
③ The very______________________________, the Soviet Union launches a spacecraft to also land on
the Moon!
~Unfortunately, it __________________________in orbit and all on board were______________________.
Mikhail Gorbachev
① Last leader of the USSR who realized the need to restore ___________________________________
and_______________________________________.
② Once he did this, he knew his term as leader would___________, and elections would be
needed.
③ First leader in almost 60 years that the ____________________________________________________________
Return to Democracy
① _______________________________Russian term for adding more ___________________________________
stimulation to Russia to help it become____________________________________________.
② ________________________________-The Russian plan to _________________________________________________
to the people of Russia.