A day in the life vocab

Question 1

gulag

Answer 1

forced labor camp in the former USSR

Question 2

Hussars

Answer 2

light cavalrymen with rifles, swords, and pistols

Question 3

kilo

Answer 3

kilogram

Question 4

kolkhoz

Answer 4

a collective farm of the former USSR

Question 5

kasha

Answer 5

a mush made from coarse cracked buckwheat, barley, millet, or wheat

Question 6

kulak

Answer 6

rich peasants who were considered oppressors by the communists and who were penalized with fines or the confiscation of their property

Question 7

lag

Answer 7

a convict who has been transported or sentenced to penal servitude

Question 8

Lithuania

Answer 8

Baltic Sea country in northeastern Europe; a soviet republic from 1940-1991

Question 9

oprichniki

Answer 9

member of an imperial Russian police force; Ivan the Terrible’s palace guards

Question 10

patronymic

Answer 10

a name derived from that of a father or other male ancestor

Question 11

ruble

Answer 11

a unit of currency

Question 12

skilly

Answer 12

thin, watery porridge, gruel, or soup, used in prisons and workhouses

Question 13

Ukraine

Answer 13

a country in eastern Europe, a soviet republic from 1922-1991

Question 14

valenki

Answer 14

knee-length felt boots for winter wear

Question 15

zeks

Answer 15

prisoners in the gulags