2. Presentation Overview 02
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Background of Russia
Relevance of Country
Beliefs, traditions, practices
Economy of Russia
Synthesis
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4. BACKGROUND 04
Founded in 862 B.C. by
King Rurik of the Rus,
ruler of Novgorod
King of Rus conquered
city of Kiev and became
Kievan Rus
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5. RUSSIA
BACKGROUND
10TH AND 11TH
CENTURY
Kievan Rus became
powerful empire
in Europe
(Vladimir the
Great and
Yaroslav I the
Wise)
13TH CENTURY
Mongols led by
Batu Khan
destroyed
Kievan Rus
14TH CENTURY
Grand Duchy of
Moscow rose to
power (head Eastern
Roman Empire)
Ivan IV the
Terrible (First
Tsar of the Russia
Russia known as
"Third Rome"
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RUSSIA
15TH CENTURY
Printing of the first Russian
books in 1564
led to the development of
higher education and resulted
into the Slav-Greek-Latin
Academy in the 17th Century
Moscow: political, economical
and commercial center of the
new country
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RUSSIA
17TH CENTURY
Peter the Great moved
capital from Moscow to
St. Petersburg
19TH CENTURY
Peak of Russian culture
Dostoyevsky,
Tchaikovsky, and
Tolstoy
8. WORLD WAR I
Civil War
Communist
State, Soviet
Union was
born in 1922
WORLD WAR II
Allied with
Germans
Developed
Nuclear
weapons (Cold
War vs. USA)
9. Open to making
new connections
Cautious to who
you trust
Adaptation to
new platforms
Importance to the
Student Community
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13. ECONOMY 13
Production systems were
highly developed
Almost all consumer and
industrial products were
produced within the nation
or in the Soviet block
countries
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14. RUSSIA
ISSUES/PROBLEMS
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Russian authorities
continued to persecute
minority religious groups
groundlessly designated as
"extremist"
Despite having no evidence
that they espoused or
committed violence
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
AND MINORITY RIGHTS
Police continued racially
profiling people of non-
Slavic appearance
Often subjecting them to
arbitrary detention and
extortion
15. RUSSIA
SOLUTIONS
COMMUNAL MENTALITY
For generations until
1930's, Russian life
centered on the
agricultural village
commune
21ST CENTURY
Adapt to new
digital/technological economy
Flexibility to international
economic relations
Globalization is encouraged to
narrow economic gaps between
Russia and faster developing
countries
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