Russia+Historical+People+3-1

**Who should we learn about?**

**Your group should research famous or important people in history in your country. In our class activity you will discuss and present them, explaining //why they are important//. Think about these questions while doing your research, discussion, presentation, and writing:**

=//Why is this person important or famous?// = =//Did this person help or hurt people in this country?// =

**Please write a paragraph summarizing IN YOUR OWN WORDS two or three important people in history in your country. Please answer the questions above for each person in your paragraph. Remember to add pics or videos to make it more interesting!** In Russia there is a lot of famous people such as politicians, astronauts and emperor. So, I am going to introduce 3 people Stalin, Yuri gagarin and Lenin. These three person take up important parts of Russia's History.

First is **Joseph Stalin**. He born in 1878, died in 1953. He seized power almost 30 years. when the Russia was USSR, WW2 began. At WW2, Hitler who is Germany's generalissimo, attacked Russia. So a lot of Russian died because of war. But, finally Stalin protect Russia from German's attack. Also he developed not only industry but also economy. Because of his assignment, Russia could avoided the Great Depression. But, this two things are just bright side, the dark side of Stalin is unbelievable. He killed almost 400,000,000 Russian! Because, he wants long term seizure of power. That's why he killed his against, he can got long term seizure of polwer. These are reasons why Stalin is important in Russian history.

Second is **Yuri Gagarin**. He is astronaut who first flight in space. He born in 1934, died in 1968.
In 1961, He board a space ship which named Vostok 1 and launched to the space. He flight about 89minutes in space and he leaved word that “The Earth is blue." But, after 7years Yuri died because of airplane accident. Now, in Russia there is The Yuri Gagarin Russian State Science Research Cosmonaut which is name after Yuri Gagarin.

Last one is **Lenin** who was theorist in Russia.
He born in 1870, died in 1924. In 1884, Russia governed by emperor. But, Russian was really poor and hungry. So Lenin wanted make revolution in Russia. Finally he success. That's why Russia became communism. Because Lenin was Communist.

These three person is important people in Russia whom I Choose.

//By. Grade 3 Class 1 n.32 Jihoon Lee.//