GEOG 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Glasnost, Ethnic Nationalism, Crimea
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Russia used to be an aristocracy with a czar. They were in recession and an uprising overthrew the czar. Vladimir lenin helps to design a new state where the communists seized the power. Autonomous areas were created to recognize diversity. Each ethnic group gets their own republic, which made 15 republics. From 1928 until his death in 1953. He was a dictator and had the state control russia, the autonomy once created was never allowed. Ussr - union of soviet social republics - also referred to as the soviet union. The ussr became a global super power. The only power bigger was the united states. Ethnic nationalism grew once stalin died as people felt more free, repression declined. It was also inequitable as party leaders were living lavishly and working class people weren"t making much. The policy of glasnost, which is communication and openness, backfired in the.
