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Russia Flashcards

1
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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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2
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How many countries does Russia border

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14

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3
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What is Russia’s greatest handicap?

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It’s soviet past

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4
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Dominant religion in Russia

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Russian Orthodox Church

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5
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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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6
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Modern Russians are descendants of whom

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Slavs

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7
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What are czars?

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Autocrats that ruled Russia for 400 years

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8
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How many czars rule between 1547 and 1917

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24

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9
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Autocrats?

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No established limits on their authority and power

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10
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Who led the Russian revolution in 1917

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Vladimir ilich Lenin

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11
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What does USSR stand for

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Union of soviet socialist republics

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12
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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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15
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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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17
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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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23
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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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25
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Russia’s two federal cities

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St Petersburg and Moscow

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26
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Territories

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Krais

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27
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Autonomous republics mean…

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Self-ruling

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28
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How many federal districts does Russia have

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Seven

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29
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Most power in Russia resides in the _____ branch

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Executive

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30
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Government is run by the ____and the _____

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Premier and cabinet

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31
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Another name for legislature

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Federation assembly

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32
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What kind of government did Lenin initiate

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Republics

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33
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Largest city I’m Europe

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Moscow

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34
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Massive fortress at the heart of Moscow

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Kremlins

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35
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Moscow and seven other oblasts compose____

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The central federal district

36
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Czar that towers about all other czars in Russian history

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Peter the great

37
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Russia’s most important industrial area

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Central Russia

38
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Three most important river systems

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Denier, Don, and Volga

39
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Russia’s second largest city

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St Petersburg

40
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Major center for shipbuilding

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St. Petersburg

41
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City that displays “white nights”

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St Petersburg

42
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Most important port

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St. Petersburg

43
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Largest lakes in Europe

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Lake onega and ladoga

44
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Flat glaciated plain. North of st. Petersburg

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Karelia

45
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Links Karelian arctic coast to st. Petersburg

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White Sea-Baltic canal

46
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Russia is third leading producer of ____

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Sawn wood

47
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Peninsula that lies north of Karelia

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Kola Peninsula

48
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First Russian city

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Novgorod

49
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Only other port on Baltic Sea

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Kaliningrad

50
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Russian port that’s separated from the rest of the country

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Kaliningrad

51
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Longest river in Europe

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Volga

52
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Russia’s second great industrial area

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The greater Volga

53
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Known for manufacturing automobiles

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Nizhniy Novgorod

54
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Most numerous ethnic minority in Russia

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Tartars

55
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Russia’s southern shipping hub

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Volgograd

56
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Grasslands

A

Steppes

57
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The don drainage basin is also called….

A

Black earth

58
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Black earth is the _______ of Russia

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Breadbasket

59
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Vital port at the mouth of don

A

Rostov

60
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Canal that links the don with the Volga

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Volga-Don canal

61
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Mountain system that divides Europe from Asia

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Caucasus mountains

62
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Refers general to these eight republics of Caucasus region

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Caucasian republics

63
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Highest mount in Caucasus mountains

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Mount Elbrus

64
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Russia’s supply of ____ and ____ resources is the greatest in the world

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Mineral and fuel

65
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Form geographic border between Europe and Asia

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Ural Mountains

66
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Highest peak of Ural Mountains

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Mount narodnaya

67
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Islands used as a nuclear weapons test site

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Novaya zemlya

68
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Most important mineral deposits

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Iron ore and copper

69
Q

Named after Catherine the great

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Yekaterinburg

70
Q

All of Asian Russia

A

Siberia

71
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Great coniferous forests…

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Taiga

72
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Links these regions resulting in a ribbon development

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Trans-Siberian railway

73
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Largest plain in the world

A

West Siberian plain

74
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Largest city In Siberia

A

Novosibirsk

75
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Three sections of Siberia

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West Siberian plain, central Siberian plateau, east Siberian upland

76
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Northernmost mainland area in the world

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Taymyr Peninsula

77
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Two ethnic republics of southern Siberia

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Altaya and Tuva

78
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Highest peak of Altai mountains

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Mt. Belukha

79
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Ninth longest river in the world

A

Lena

80
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Largest Russian republic

A

Sakha

81
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Deepest lake in the world

A

Lake Baykal

82
Q

United States is just across what strait

A

Bering strait

83
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Russia’s main pacific port

A

Vladivostok

84
Q

Who sold Alaska to the US

A

Russia

85
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How much of the worlds land area does Russia have

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