GEOG 1001 Chapter : End Of Russian Domain
Document Summary
Problems with health care byzantine empire who introduced: christianity and the cyrillic alphabet join military first to expand russian domain fundamental in expasion of. Bolsheviks represented interests of industrial workers seized power artists sent away art must be produced to glorify the state/ stalin/ socialist behavior geopolitical framework. 3+ languages/ 3+ religions orthodox jewish west buddist east. End of russian domain notes creating new infrastructure in the center, pushing outward. Beginning of the end of the soviet union--- policy of glastnost. 1980s under economic troubles soviet president mikahil orbachev initiated policy of glastnost ; Censored. more openness and transparency to reduce corruption less censorship(freedom of speech) and freedom of information. 1998 mtv russia established; 60 mil viewers commonwealth of independent states (cis) all former republics joined, except baltic states , georgia withdrew regional tension continued china never accepted boundary japan taken by russia not given back. Nato fears states will join kaliningrad for independence.
