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Ivan the III (Great) rules Russia from 1462-1505. He si the first Czar of Russia.
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Lenin was a Russian Revolutinary leader. He was also the creator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Lenin fought to preserve the revolution and Soviet power against foreign and domestic enemies.
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Alot of fighting started in 1905. Many were killed when orderd by the government to ask for Czars help. this caused more problems witch lead Czar to build a democratically elected parliment witch later collapsed.
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Under the army of Lenin and Leon Trotsky, the Military Revolutionary Committee took over many places. the military finished the revolution and brought the Bolsheviks to power.
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The USSR was made under a treaty called, Treaty on the creation of the USSR. this was a document that legalized the making of a union of several Soviet republics.
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A man who created the Soviet Union's five year plans. this included giving power to the state. he organized pesants and artists under his own standards.
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The Berlin Airlift bastically bought supplies and goods to those trapped in the city of Berlin, under the control of the Soviet Union.
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sputnik is a Russian satillite, that was the first launched into space. it greatly inflused bother America and Russia. Sputnik was seen to Americans as a symbol of doom and the Soviet supremacy.
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The soviet Union is accusing the US of violating the 1972 missle treaty. The US, under Reagen autorized the "star wars"
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Eventually, Eastern Eroupe started parting from the Soviet Unions autority. each republic, one after the other, claimed independance from the USSR.
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The Soviet union ristricts eastern europe from going anywhere. On november 9th, the Berlin wall falls, allowing eastern europe to flee, and this was the fall of communism.