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| Non Aggression Pact Germany and Soviet Union |
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| Aug 23 1939 France and Brit threatened to declare war on Germany if they invaded Poland |
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| started Sept 8 1941 lasted 900 days till Jan 27 1944 couldn't get food till jan 18 |
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| War names between Germans and Soviets |
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| Great Patriotic War and Great Fatherland War |
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| Where was Stalingrad located |
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| Volga River invaded in summer of 1942 |
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| 600,000 perished due to starvation and bombing stalin so surprised he made Molotov speak over radio |
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| Not a step back, fear tactic used by Stalin if you turned back you were shot by NKVD 1942 |
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| shoot any Russian soldiers who took one step back in retreat |
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| whole world will be speaking German if they didn't win the battle at Stalingrad. |
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| August 23 1942 till feb 2 1943 |
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| russians fight tactic in stalingrad |
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| operation uranus, surround the Germans and Romanians |
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| How many casualities in Stalingrad battle |
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| 2 mill one of the bloodiest battles in history 60 German groups destroyed |
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| Germany's main attack plan to invade the Soviet Union |
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| March 1938: Austria Spring 1938: Czech 1939: Poland |
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| 1914 changed to Petrograd, then Leningrad until the fall of the USSR, then back to St. Petersburgh, across from Finland near the Gulf of Finland |
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| Formation of the a totalitarian regime in Germany 1933-36 only took 3 yrs |
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| Almost two decades (1917 – 1937) for the Soviet Union |
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Unlike Stalin, Hitler OPENLY proclaimed “WAR” as the means to implement the Fascist doctrine of “Aryan” racial superiority (and to resolve both political and economic problems).
• Slavic peoples – “inferior” race
• Giant land mass of the Soviet Union “lebensraum”
(“living space” for German peoples)
As early as JULY 1940 Hitler announced goal of “War with Russia” – Dec. 1940 |
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| T-34 tanks (together with German scientists/engineers) |
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North (Leningrad)
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South (Kiev) |
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| (Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill) – met in Teheran Nov./Dec. 1943 – decided to open a “Second Front” in Europe . Decided to land troops in France. Scheduled for May 1944. |
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| Reasons they wanted Stalingrad |
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| Wanted Stalingrad for oil, if he had Volga river he could split Russia in half, steel, wanted this city also bc it was named after stalin if he got it it would be the end of ww2 on the eastern front |
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| was a sniper who killed many was so successful in creating this cult of snipers they were generally heralded as the ppl who helped to win the battle of Stalingrad with the red army |
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victory in Europe day may 9 1945
Ve day is still the biggest celebrated holiday in Russia other than new years |
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| Victory over Japan for us |
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| invasion of Normandy June 6 1944 |
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| Russian Casualties number |
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| 20 mill more like 25 million Russian casualties |
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| 5 years ago 70 percent of Russians said they would still vote for stalin bc he won the war |
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1 person to purges
20 to ww2 |
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| innocent ppl scared of americans bc they dropped a bomb on Japan 1946 Stalin used the scare tactic again |
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| Anti semitism in Russia, sent off Molotov and his wife bc she was jewish |
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| march 5 1953 died of stroke in docha laid in state for 3 days died with no successor |
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| top 25 jewish doctors going to have them killed in show trial |
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| The Great Terror 1968 quote |
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| “Stalinism is one way of industrialization, just as cannibalism is one way of attaining a high protein diet.” |
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| mostly likely to rule as Stalins successor |
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| Speakers at stalins funeral |
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krushov: head of polit bureau spoke at funeral, former collective farmer
Beria:jorgian head of secret police, ends up getting assinated
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| Improve daily lives of Russians , good housing for all soviet citizens, private apartments that started with krish rule supposed to be temp housing 5-10 years, until mega housing was to be built round major cities wanted to increase agricultural improve food |
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| Feb 1956 XX Party Congress |
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| Krushchev’s secret speech where he denounced the reign of stalin as cult of personality : for 3-4 hours he let it known that he want soviet union to change. Agreed to have u.s. come to Moscow to open window to west, open centers, begin the thou, usia: gov dept in dc show ppl how americans are not foreign countries enemies. Brought best of America to soviet union, brought pepsi cola eventually then started manufacturing in Russia |
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| Nixon went in 1958 krushov said to nixon that he will be buried by his own capitalism |
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| the gulag pretty much, the setting for the book forst circle |
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| Immediate literary and political sensation. Krush decided to publish it himself. Within on day all 95000 copies of novji mir was sold within 1 week soliz went from being an obscure math teacher in ryzan to an international phenomenon |
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| 1955-1964 went on summer vacation asked him to never come back |
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| encouraged ppl to live in city and gave them permits need permit to stay where you live main food was bread celebrated friendship and life. education for men and women, children get the best of everything |
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| Moscow doesnt believe in tears why is she independent |
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| she had a car meant she was independent and had connections and was financially stable |
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| affairs are difficult, avg age of marriage 18 women 19 men, baby right away bc no bc |
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| 5 women to 1 man, number country for us men to find a wife 90% believe bc is women porb |
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| oct 4 1957 launched into space meaning fellow traveler |
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| dog that they put into space that died, trained to sit in space box |
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uri gagarden
allen shepard first americans |
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| disneyland and john wayne went to iowa to see the growing of corn |
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| 1961 and 2 us set up missels pointing at turkey and russia |
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| 3 missels to hit new york wash dc and la You need submarine captain and political officer to launch nuclear weapon |
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: he was a manager, drank too much and had a weak heart, he died in office, he accomplished that people were starting to live better. He liked to give himself medals, he was not very elloquant speaker he followed the script
Early 1970s SU at its peak of power
Domestic progress: seemingly robust economy improved standard of living for the average russian. Primarily wage increase across the board. Urban dwellers in particular started to see an increase in small households appliances although many sources overestimate the types and quantity of aids such as washing machines
Exports SU leading producers of steel and oil |
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| gain support in other parts of the world, india latin amer and central amer: promote comm throughout the world sending military advisors and teachers to theses countries |
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| period of stagnation and ARMS RACE |
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| dried up invaded afganistan thought quick and easy victory provided eo growth and expanded comm, they were there 10 years |
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| Carter 1980 announced us would boycott summer Olympic games to be held in Moscow first time in su they looed at is major polt victory |
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| 1975: us and su launch the Apollo and soyuz and meet up |
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