Contributions of Individuals in Russia Past and Present
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Contributions of Individuals in Russia
Past and Present
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Built a new capital – St. Petersburg
“Venice of the North”
Peter the Great, Early 1700s
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Built on more than 100 islands
Peter the Great, Early 1700s
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Designed like a
European city with elegant palaces, public squares and canals.
Peter the Great, Early 1700s
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St. Petersburg
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Freed the serfs
Alexander II, 1867
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Opened the way for industrial development.
Alexander II
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“Father of Russian
Revolution”
Vladimir Lenin
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Headed the communist government and oversaw the Russian Empire's transformation into the USSR.
Vladimir Lenin
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Joseph Stalin: Communist Leader 1924 -
1953Stalin pursued an economic policy of mobilizing the entire country to achieve the goal of rapid industrialization.
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Joseph Stalin: Communist Leader 1924 -
1953He guided Russian forces to victory in World War II.
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Joseph Stalin: Communist Leader 1924 -
1953
He helped create the Cold War.
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Leonid Brezhnev: Soviet Leader 1964 -
1982He saw to it that the Soviet Union's military-industrial complex was greatly expanded and modernized.
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Leonid Brezhnev: Soviet Leader 1964 -
1982His continual buildup of his defense and aerospace industries left other sectors of the economy increasingly deprived of funds. Soviet agriculture, consumer-goods industries, and health-care services declined throughout the 1970s and early '80s as a consequence.
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Leonid
Brezhnev
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Mikhail Gorbachev: USSR Leader 1985 -
1991Recognized that his nation was falling economically behind the rest of the world and could no longer afford to compete in the Cold War.
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Mikhail Gorbachev: USSR Leader 1985 -
1991He introduced policies designed to decentralize the Russian economy and open up the state, called perestroika and glasnost, and ended the Cold War.
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Mikhail
Gorbachev