Russia experienced many political and economic changes from the birth of the Soviet Union in 1917 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 to Russia becoming an energy superpower today. Russia has experienced both the rise and fall of power that has changed the human space and place over these time periods.
Figure 1, New map of Russia, including Crimea (mapsoftheworld.com, 2014)
The birth of the Soviet Union began with the Bolshevik Revolution in April 1917, when the Germans helped Vladimir Lenin back into Russia after he was exiled to Switzerland after trying to kill the Emperor of Russia, Tsar Nicholas II to gain and take over power. Tsar Nicholas II, tried to step down as emperor because the people of Russia are unhappy with him after the civil war, Lenin tries to take over and finally succeeds in October 1917 (The Rise and Fall of the Soviet