Russia Flashcards
Name five countries that border Russia
Finland, Belarus, Ukraine, Mongolianand China
Who is the 1st tsar of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
True or false, by the mid-1700s, Tsars were rich but serfs (peasants) owned by nobles, were poor
true
Who was the last Tsar
Nicholas the second
in 1919 the Communist Bolshevik party come to power. Who was it led by?
Lenin
Who ruled after Lenin died and what did he accomplish?
Stalin ruled after lenin and he seizes control of the many eastern Europe countries
Who was the last communist leader in Russia?
Mikhail Gorbachev 
Who was the first leader of the new Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
Why is Central Russia highly densely populated?
Moscow offers lots of job opportunities in government, finance and other services. Central Russia is also flatland and its easy to build on
Why is the eastern side of Russia less densely populated?
Geographical reasons, in far eastern Russia, there is a tundra which makes it on hat inhabitable along with its steep mountains and numerous volcanoes.
