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the soviet union and communism

By willhaugle
  • russian empire
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    russian empire

  • russian revolution

    russian revolution

    russian citizens rose up against the empire and they won. they then became a communism.
  • russian civil war

    russian civil war

    two groups of the reds and the whites fought. the whites wanted no communism. the reds won and vladimir lenin said no disagreeing with the government and dictator has complete control.
  • WWII

    WWII

    the US and soviets were big allies during it.
  • start of cold war

    start of cold war

    the US and the soviets started arguing that they were better.
  • iron curtain formed

    iron curtain formed

    the soviet union put a wall around itself so nobody would get in or out.
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare

    everybody thougt that everyone was a communist and nobody trusted anyone.
  • vietnam war

    vietnam war

    Vietnam started to split into two parts, the north and south. the north was communist and the south was against it. the US started fighting with the south because they did not like communism.
  • space race

    space race

    the US and soviets started to go to space and explore it, it was a big competition.
  • cuban missile crisis

    cuban missile crisis

    the soviets gave cuba missiles and the US felt threatened. they then negotiated and the cold war was no longer as intese.
  • fall of the soviet union

    fall of the soviet union

    the USSR fell because they spent too much money on military than normal goods. the other countries around russia saw this and went to other governments.