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Ch. 13 Terms Flashcards

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Linked to the Arctic coast by the White Sea-Baltic canal, and second largest city in Russia

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St. Petersburg

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Main Pacific port that is accessible year round thanks to huge icebreakers

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Vladivostok

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First Russian city

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Novgorod

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Capital of Russia

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Moscow

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First president of post-Communist Russia

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Yeltsin

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Russian dictator during World War II

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Stalin

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Second president of post-Communist Russia

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Putin

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First Russian ruler, 1547

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Ivan the Terrible

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Last ruler of the Soviet Union, responsible for the reforms that led to the fall of the Soviet Empire

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Gorbachev

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Led 1917 Russian Revolution

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Lenin

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Russia historically lacked that has influenced its foreign policy

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Warm-water seaport

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Title refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917

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Czar

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The post-World War II period of tension between Russia and America

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Cold war

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Dominant Religion in Russia

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Russian Orthodox

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The name Russia and the other former Soviet republics assume after the fall of communism

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CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States

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The new official name of the country of Russia

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Russian Federation

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Massive fortress in Moscow represents Russian political power and influence

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Kremlin

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The large, open space, once a marketplace, in which Lenin’s tomb is located

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Red Square

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Russian river is the longest river in Europe

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Volga River

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Mountain range divides European Russia from Asiatic Russia

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Ural Mountains

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Peninsula in Pacific Russia includes twenty-nine active volcanoes

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Kamachatka

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Islands are a source of dispute between Russia and Summer

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Kuril Islands

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Railroad links Russia’s European and Pacific ports

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Trans-Siberian Railway

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Means openness

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Glasnost

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Russian executive branch position, like the US Vice President

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Premier

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This city was known as Stalingrad during the Soviet Era

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Volgograd

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The second most important river in Russia

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Don River

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Vast grassland of Russia in the Black Earth Region

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Steppes

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Arctic Seaport

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Murmansk

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Fiercely independent of Russia who were feared for their elite calvary

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Cossacks

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Great confireous forests of Siberia

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Taiga

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Breakaway republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991

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Chechnya

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Three Strengths

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abundant natural resources, vast grasslands, Vladivostok being open year-round

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Three weaknesses

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Poor stewardship of resources, harsh climate, high murder rates

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