1. Soviet Times Light Green-1922 Dark Green-1924 Pink-1929 Blue-1936 Orange-1940

2. Soviet Beginnings Began with two revolutions: February and October Revolutions Result was the overthrow of the monarchy

3. October Revolution Relatively bloodless revolution Revolution of armed workers, solders, and sailors Established the Soviet Union with the uniting of the Russian Empire’s territories

4. Soviet Government Governed by select group of ministers Very few checks and balances in the Soviet Government had allot of power

5. Soviet Union after WWII Not very open to outsiders Controlled many eastern European nations and East Germany Established Warsaw Pact and isolated itself from the West Winston Churchill referred to this as the Iron Curtain Not only a political isolation but also isolation from Western ideas Iron Curtain(1939-1945) was a time of censorship and restrictions on travel

6. KGB Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (State Security Committee) 1954 – 1991 Also responsible for guarding Soviet borders, protecting party and government leaders, and enforcing security in the Soviet armed forces Domestic function: monitoring soviet citizens an suppressing political discontent The largest and most active foreign intelligence apparatus in the world. Estimated at 400,000 to 700,000 full-time employees

7. Soviet Citizen Liberties Citizens had very few liberties Initially there were restrictions on speech and religion Eventually religion was banned

8. Soviet Advancements First to put a satellite (sputnik) into orbit First to put a man into orbit Instrumental in developing the small pox vaccine

9. Soviet Union Dissolution Soviet Union collapsed at the end of 1991 Arms race with the United States had drained the Soviet economy