Europe: Ch8 Russia and the Caucasus Flashcards
1
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taiga
A
a forest of mainly evergreen trees covering much of Russia
2
Q
Cyrillic
A
a form of the Greek alphabet
3
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Bolsheviks
A
a radical Russian Communist group that seized power in 1917
4
Q
czar
A
a Russian emperor
5
Q
gulag
A
a soviet labor camp
6
Q
Joseph Stalin
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Soviet leader, he was a brutal dictator who killed or imprisoned anyone who opposed him
7
Q
dachas
A
Russian country houses
8
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smelters
A
factories that process metal ores
9
Q
Trans-Siberian Railroad
A
a rail line in Russia that extends about 5,800 miles from Moscow to Vladivostok; it is the longest single rail line in the world
10
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agrarian
A
a society that is organized around farming
