US-Russian Relations

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  1. 5. Russia was among the first countries to present official condolences upon the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. The message came in a letter on behalf of the Tsar from Prince Alexander Mikhailovich ________. (1865)
  2. 7. ________, ________, ___ ________ was the American company who received a long-term contract for the production of locomotives and rolling stock for the Russian railroads (1843)
  3. 8. Tsar Alexander II issued a manifesto emancipating Russian serfs. American abolitionists celebrated the Tsar’s move, using it to condemn ________ in America. (1861)
  4. 10. Taking advantage of Russia’s rapid ________, major American companies like Singer, International Harvester, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Baldwin Locomotive, New York Life Insurance, Equitable Life Assurance, and New York City Bank established subsidiaries in Russia. (1890s)
  5. 12. The black American Shakespearean actor, ________ ________, plays Othello in St. Petersburg. His performance received acclaim in the Russian capital and drew capacity audiences. (1859)
  6. 14. As part of an around-the-world tour to prepare to run for U.S. president, then War Minister ________ traveled across Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railway. (1908)
  7. 16. U.S. President ________ ________ brokered a peace conference between the Russians and Japanese in the summer of 1905 at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ending the Russo-Japanese war. (1905)
  8. 17. U.S. President ________ issued the Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery in the American South two years after Tsar Alexander II issued his own emancipation order regarding Russian serfs. (1863)
  9. 19. Although the U.S. was officially neutral in the Crimean War, American support for Russia was reflected by the more than 30 ________ who volunteered to serve the Russian military (1854-1856)
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  1. 1. Traveling aboard the Quaker City, the American novelist ________ ________ visited Yalta and Odessa in the Ukraine. Upon seeing Odessa, he wrote, “Look up the street or down the street, this way or that way, we only saw America! There was not one thing to remind us that we were in Russia.” (1867)
  2. 2. American engineer ________ ________ ________ was the chief surveyor for the Moscow-St. Petersburg rail line, the first Russian long-distance railroad (1842)
  3. 3. Impressed by U.S. shipyards, Russia contracted New York shipbuilders to build warships for the Russian navy, including the largest ship ever built in the U.S. at the time, the 60-gun heavy frigate named the ________-________ (1857)
  4. 4. Serbian radicals assassinated Austria-Hungary’s Archduke Ferdinand, sparking the first ________ ________. Russia sided with Britain, France, and Serbia against Germany and Austria-Hungary. The United States remained neutral until 1917 but sent supplies to Russia, Britain, and other allies. (1914)
  5. 6. Former U.S. President ________ visited Russia, becoming the first U.S. president to make the journey. He told Tsar Alexander II, that “although the two governments are very opposite in their character, the great majority of the American people are in sympathy with Russia,” which good feeling he hoped would long continue. (1878)
  6. 9. During the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, the United States sent 13,000 soldiers to help the ________ ________ fight the Red Army. (1918)
  7. 11. Russia under Tsar Alexander II announced an official position supporting the ________, while urging reunification in the U.S. Civil War. (1861)
  8. 13. The Russian famine of 1891–1892 caused up to half a million deaths, stirring popular discontent against the Tsarist regime. The United States, especially the ________ ________ ________, provided famine relief to Russia. (1892)
  9. 15. Grand Duke ________, the son of Tsar Alexander II, embarked on a six-week tour of the U.S. The American media greeted him and his entourage with enthusiasm. The highlight of the tour included a buffalo hunt with Buffalo Bill, George Custer, and Pawnee Indian chiefs. Later, Alexis was crowned king of Mardi Gras in New Orleans. (1871)
  10. 18. With American approval, Russian warships were based for a short time in ________ ________ and San Francisco to help secure the U.S. cities from potential British or French attack. Receptions and dinners were held to welcome America’s Russian visitors, including an elaborate ball and a grand procession of the Russian navy along Broadway. (1863)