https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv Jesus Hernandez & Reymond Pineda period 2 en-us 2016-04-14 16:25:46 UTC 2025-11-06 23:56:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/smiley.jpg 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105853289 The Russian state began in the region  between the Baltic and Black sea.]]> 2016-04-14 16:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105853289 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105942471 One key event in Russia was the Cold war that took place in the 1940's between the United States and the Soviet Union.]]> 2016-04-15 05:05:10 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105942471 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105942670 After the fall of the Soviet Union, the region was divided into 15 independent republics, and Russia is the largest and most powerful.   ]]> 2016-04-15 05:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105942670 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105943045 The countries of Russia and the Western Republics are Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Russia. ]]> 2016-04-15 05:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105943045 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105944105 1. In the 13th century, the Mongols controlled the region
2. In August 1945 The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which lead to the end of World War 2. 
3. In 1962, The Cuban Missile Crisis occurs. 
4. In 1989, The Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan and The Berlin Wall is destroyed. 
5. In !991 The Soviet Union is dismantled and Russia becomes an independent federation.
6.In 2002 Russia becomes an ally of NATO.]]> 2016-04-15 05:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/105944105 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106061891 In 1917, Russian revolution took place, which dismanlted the Tsarist autocracy and led to the eventual rise of the Soviet Union.]]> 2016-04-15 16:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106061891 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106219569 Russia has a great ethnic diversity with 80% Russian and 70 other minor groups including Finnish, Turkic and Monogolian. ]]> 2016-04-18 03:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106219569 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106221169 Since Stalin's death there have been many outward changes in the U.S.S.R.--scientific advance, industrial progress, an improved material standard of living, and relaxation of internal fear and tension. ]]> 2016-04-18 04:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106221169 345262 https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106221350 The earliest Russian state, known as Kievan Rus, had its capital for the most part in Kiev (in present day Ukraine). The ruling dynasty came from Scandinavia and had cultural and commercial ties to northern Europe.]]> 2016-04-18 04:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/334009/q3wy30n300dv/wish/106221350