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Russia Flashcards

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How many miles across is Russia’s land

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4,800 from east to west

1850 from north to south

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How many countries does Russia border

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14

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What is Russia’s greatest handicap?

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It’s soviet past

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Dominant religion in Russia

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Russian Orthodox Church

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What plain has played a major role in Russia?

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The great European plain

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Modern Russians are descendants of whom

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Slavs

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What are czars?

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Autocrats that ruled Russia for 400 years

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How many czars rule between 1547 and 1917

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24

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Autocrats?

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No established limits on their authority and power

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Who led the Russian revolution in 1917

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Vladimir ilich Lenin

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What does USSR stand for

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Union of soviet socialist republics

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Who was lenins brutal successor

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Stalin

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13
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Area under soviet control

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Iron curtain

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14
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Perestroika means…

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Restructuring

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Glasnost

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Openness

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16
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What did perestroika bring

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Free market policies

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What did glasnost bring

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Opened the Soviet Union to the west

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18
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What does CIS stand for

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Commonwealth of independent states

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19
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What’s a major problem in industrial cities

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Air pollution

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20
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Russian organized crime

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Russian mafia

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21
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FSB

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Federal security service (the secret police)

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22
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What is devolution

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Passing down of power

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A large region or district similar to a state or province

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Oblast

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24
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Ten large sparsely populated areas mostly in the north

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Okrugs

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Russia's two federal cities
St Petersburg and Moscow
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Territories
Krais
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Autonomous republics mean...
Self-ruling
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How many federal districts does Russia have
Seven
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Most power in Russia resides in the _____ branch
Executive
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Government is run by the ____and the _____
Premier and cabinet
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Another name for legislature
Federation assembly
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What kind of government did Lenin initiate
Republics
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Largest city I'm Europe
Moscow
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Massive fortress at the heart of Moscow
Kremlins
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Moscow and seven other oblasts compose____
The central federal district
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Czar that towers about all other czars in Russian history
Peter the great
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Russia's most important industrial area
Central Russia
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Three most important river systems
Denier, Don, and Volga
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Russia's second largest city
St Petersburg
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Major center for shipbuilding
St. Petersburg
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City that displays "white nights"
St Petersburg
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Most important port
St. Petersburg
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Largest lakes in Europe
Lake onega and ladoga
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Flat glaciated plain. North of st. Petersburg
Karelia
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Links Karelian arctic coast to st. Petersburg
White Sea-Baltic canal
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Russia is third leading producer of ____
Sawn wood
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Peninsula that lies north of Karelia
Kola Peninsula
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First Russian city
Novgorod
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Only other port on Baltic Sea
Kaliningrad
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Russian port that's separated from the rest of the country
Kaliningrad
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Longest river in Europe
Volga
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Russia's second great industrial area
The greater Volga
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Known for manufacturing automobiles
Nizhniy Novgorod
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Most numerous ethnic minority in Russia
Tartars
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Russia's southern shipping hub
Volgograd
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Grasslands
Steppes
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The don drainage basin is also called....
Black earth
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Black earth is the _______ of Russia
Breadbasket
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Vital port at the mouth of don
Rostov
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Canal that links the don with the Volga
Volga-Don canal
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Mountain system that divides Europe from Asia
Caucasus mountains
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Refers general to these eight republics of Caucasus region
Caucasian republics
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Highest mount in Caucasus mountains
Mount Elbrus
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Russia's supply of ____ and ____ resources is the greatest in the world
Mineral and fuel
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Form geographic border between Europe and Asia
Ural Mountains
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Highest peak of Ural Mountains
Mount narodnaya
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Islands used as a nuclear weapons test site
Novaya zemlya
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Most important mineral deposits
Iron ore and copper
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Named after Catherine the great
Yekaterinburg
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All of Asian Russia
Siberia
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Great coniferous forests...
Taiga
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Links these regions resulting in a ribbon development
Trans-Siberian railway
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Largest plain in the world
West Siberian plain
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Largest city In Siberia
Novosibirsk
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Three sections of Siberia
West Siberian plain, central Siberian plateau, east Siberian upland
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Northernmost mainland area in the world
Taymyr Peninsula
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Two ethnic republics of southern Siberia
Altaya and Tuva
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Highest peak of Altai mountains
Mt. Belukha
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Ninth longest river in the world
Lena
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Largest Russian republic
Sakha
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Deepest lake in the world
Lake Baykal
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United States is just across what strait
Bering strait
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Russia's main pacific port
Vladivostok
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Who sold Alaska to the US
Russia
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How much of the worlds land area does Russia have
1/10

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