Russia And The Caucausus Flashcards
The vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean?
Siberia
What is the Russia’s climate like?
Cold
A vast area of evergreen trees
Taiga
A form of the Greek Alphabet
Cyrillic
What is the main religion in Russia?
Orthodox Christian
Who was the leader of Russia when it became a communist country?
Vladimir Lenin
A radical communist group
Bolsheviks
Why was Ivan IV called “Ivan the terrible”?
He was cruel and savage ruler
Harsh soviet labor camps often located in Siberia
Gulags
What ethnic groups besides ethnic Russians, or slavs, live in Russia?
Tatars and Ukranians
Capital of Georgia:
Tbilisi
Capital of Armenia:
Yerevan
Capital of Azerbaijan:
Baku
Natural resources of Russia:
Oil and gas
Valuable resource of the Caspian Sea:
Oil and hydrocarbon
Russian country houses
Dachas
Factories that process metal ores
Smelters
Viking traders of Scandinavia
The Rus
A period of tense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Cold war
What Russians delicacy comes from a fishery on the Caspian Sea?
Caviar
What’s the most important industry in the Urals Region?
Machinery and Metals
What type of government does Russia now have?
Russian federation
What year did the Soviet Union collapse and break apart into is independent republics?
1991
What was the name of the second leader, who ruled as a brutal dictator?
Joseph Stalin
The majority of Russians are descended from the…
EastSlavic states
Capital of Russia:
Moscow
This rail line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast
Trans-Siberian Railroad
What three countries make up the Caucasus?
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia
