GEOG 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Berlin Wall, Guided Democracy, Party System
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Russia under the czars: from caesar , expanded empire east instead of colonies, all the way across siberia to the pacific important agricultural regions (ukraine) o, mineral deposits (siberia, silk road, many culturally and ethnically different areas. 1600s - 1860s not ethnically or racially based: even ethnic russians became serfs not treated as commodities not bought or sold tied to the land they worked on others labor. Political change: beginning of the 20th century. Majority : storming of the winter palace in st petersburg in 1917, birth of the union of soviet socialist republic in 1924, optimism everything would be fair . New world: names of cities changed, st. petersburg petrograd leningrad, people changed their names, after people, ideas, and holidays. 5 year plans: every government decision and all production spread development fairly across the country o, no advertising billboards instilled communist ideas, minimum well being, education, employment, healthcare, housing o, nobody could attain real financial success.
