Russia overview

Important people, places and things in Russia

Moscow

• Moscow is the capital of Russia.• During Tsar Nicholas the II’s time the capital was St

Petersburg. • Lenin moved the capital to Moscow and it has stayed

there ever since.

Tsar Nicholas II

• He was the last Tsar of Russia.

• A Tsar is another word for king.

• He was killed by the Bolsheviks in Communist Revolution.

Red Square

• Red Square is in Moscow.• It is called “red” because

the Russian word Kryasnaya which is the square’s name means both red and beautiful.

• There are many important places here.– The Kremlin– Lenin’s Mausoleum– St. Basil’s Cathedral

The Kremlin

• The Kremlin is a beautiful building in Red Square. • It is in Moscow.• Inside is where the government meets.• Tsar Nicholas the II used it, then Lenin, then Stalin.

St. Petersburg

• St Petersburg was called Petrograd when Tsar Nicholas II ruled

• When Lenin died it was renamed Leningrad.

• After the USSR fell, it was renamed St. Petersburg.

• The Winter Palace is here.

The Flags of Russia• The Russian Royal flag

of Nicholas II

The flag of the USSR

The current flag of Russia

USSR

• The USSR stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

• When talking about Soviet Russia people will call it many things.– Soviet Russia– USSR– Bolshevik Russia– The Soviet Union

Iron Curtain

• The Iron Curtain is a figurative thing.

• It is an imaginary line between communist countries and non-communist countries.

• People who lived in communist countries weren’t allowed to leave, so everyone said there was an “iron curtain” that kept people in.

Karl Marx

• Wrote the Communist Manifesto.

• All Communist leaders are influenced by his writings.

Lenin

• Lenin was a Bolshevik leader during the Communist Revolution.

• He followed Marxist beliefs.

• He was the leader of the Soviet Union until he died.

Joseph Stalin

• Joseph Stalin was a Bolshevik Leader.

• He helped organize the October Revolution.

• When Lenin died he ruled the USSR.

• He was known as a tyrant and killed over 100,000 people who disagreed with him.

• He named a city Stalingrad after him.

The October Revolution

• The Bolsheviks took over control of Russia.

• They set up the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

• It was after the October Revolution that Russia became Communist.

• It happened at The Winter Palace in St Petersburg.