1. I gave you a hint with the first letter.
Tell me the country AND capital!
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3. The Economy
of Russia
Created by
Mr. Raponi

4. Objectives
Students will be able to describe
Communism.
Students will be able to compare and
contrast Communism to Capitalism.
Students will be able to discuss the
Soviet Union.

5. Russia’s Past After World War I, a
__________________________
forced the czar of Russia to give
up the throne and led to Russia
becoming a
_________________________
(More on what that actually
means in a second!)
From 1922 to 1991, Russia was
part of an even larger empire
called the
__________________________.

8. By 1928,
A New Leader
____________________
became the head of the
Soviet Union and he
had the government
take complete control of
the economy.
Stalin ended private
ownership of farms and
businesses, and he
aimed to industrialize
the country.

9. Not a Good This new system was called a
Guy ________________________,
and meant that factory
managers were told what to
make and how to make it,
also, all money that was to be
handed over to the
government.
Anyone who opposed Stalin’s
actions were killed or sent to
prison camps deep in the
forests of icy Siberia. Millions
were murdered or forced into
slavery by Stalin.

10. What is
Communism? Under Communism,
there is no class
system.
 Meaning no upper,
middle, or lower
classes.
 Which essentially
means that there are
no rich people and
no poor people.

11. Communism In Communism,
? everyone in the country
gets paid the same
amount of money.
That means that factory
workers are paid the
same as doctors or
lawyers.
While this sounds like a
good idea in theory,
there are many
problems that arise.

12. m The government
owns everything
Continued within the country,
therefore, they get
to decide how much
money everyone
receives.
People are required
to give over all of
the money they
make over to the
government and
then it is split up.

13. Communism Video From
BrainPop
Communism

14. War
The U.S. and Soviet Union were the two strongest
countries in the world and they did not get along.
The U.S. and Soviet Union were actually on the same
side during World War II.
They were enemies, but there was never really any
actual fighting, thus called the COLD War.
They competed against one another to see who could
do things better, stronger, and faster.

15. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred in October of 1962.
The U.S. did not like that Cuba was communist and
they tried to get communism out of Cuba.
Cuba turned to the Soviet Union for help and they got it.
It was the closest the Cold War ever came to there
being actual fighting.

17. End of By the mid-70’s,
Communism communism was causing
problems and people were
growing tired of it.
In 1985 new Soviet leader
_____________________
tried to rebuild the
economy, however, the
Soviet Union began to
break apart.

18. Ronald Reagan’s Speech to
The Soviet Union

19. By 1991, all 15 of the
End of an Era republics that made up the
Soviet Union had thrown
off Communist rule in favor
of
_____________________.
By the end of that year,
each of the 15 republics
that made up the Soviet
Union declared
independence, and at this
point the Soviet Union no
longer existed.
Russia emerged as the
largest and most powerful
of those republics.

20. A New Since the fall of the Union,
Beginning a
___________________
___________________ in
which businesses are
privately owned and able
to operate for profit was
set up.
Today, Russia’s economy
is still struggling and trying
to rebound

21. St. Basils
Cathedral

22. Close-up of the
Cathedral
The cathedral was
commissioned by Ivan
IV (also known as Ivan
the Terrible) and built
between 1555 and 1561
in Moscow