Russia And The Cold War Flashcards

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Where is Russia located

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North ofchina and Central Asia
Russia borders the artic ocean and extends from Georgia,Azerbaijan,Ukrainian,breakups,Finland,Estonia and lattice to the North Pacific ocean

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In which year did Viking’s just establish the rush state with immigrants from Scandinavia

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862CE

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What happened in 862 ce

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Vikings established the rus state with immigrants from Scandinavia

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I’m which year did the bryzanitize empire conquer the are and introduced Christianity

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In year 988

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What is russias capital

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Moscow

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Who was Moscow rules by and from which venture

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Mongols from 13-15 century

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What happened by the 17th century

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The Romanov dynasty took over ventral Asia and spread borders across Central Asia and eastwards towards pacific ocean

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In which year was the Romanov dynasty overthrown

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1917

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What happened inn 1917

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Romanov dynasty was over thrown and a new form of government called communism was infoduced

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What was the new name of Russia

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USSR united soviet socialist republic

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11
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Russia is a _______ and ______ country

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Large and diverse

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What is the populate of Russia

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141 million

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13
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How many ethnic groups

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200

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14
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Name some ethnic groups

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Tatar
Ukraine
Bashkir
Chenchen 
Chuvash
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Main religious beliefs

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Russian orthodox Christianity and Islam and other forms of Christianity

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Other religious beliefs

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Judaism
Bhuddism
Other traditional languages

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17
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Where do most people in Russia live

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Western most areas.

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18
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Russias major cities with their population

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Moscow (12 m)
St.Petersburg (5m)
Novosibirsk(1.6 m)
Yekaterinburg (1.5m
Kazan
Nizhni Novgorod (1.2 m)
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Name some natural resources in Russia

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Platinum,gold,diamonds,iron ore,titanium,copper and phosphates

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20
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Talk ant Russia from a political view

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Semi presidential federation which means president work along prime minister and cabinet

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Who were the president Of Russia

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1st- Boris Yeltsin
2nd - Vladimir putin
3rd - dmitry medvedev
4th (present ) Vladimir putin

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Before the current governmental system , Russia underwent _________________ which all had a significant impact

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Numerous political system

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What is ussr

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It’s a massive federalist socialist state

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Where is ussr located

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Now present day Russia ,Georgia ,Ukraine,Moldova,belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan,Kazakh, Uzbek,Turkmenistan ,Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

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Since when to when did this ussr exist
1922-1991
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The ussr occupied _____ of the earths surface
1/6
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Who was the founder of ussr
Vladimir Lenin
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What led to the founding of ussr
Overthrown of russian provisional government
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What did the Soviet Union promoted
Social ownership of production,distribution and exchange of the country’s resources
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What was the ussr known for
The first socialist country with a planned transition into a communist society
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What lead to ussr gaining power and expanding into Eastern Europe
World war 2
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Many countries that the ussr abosrobed become knows as _____________
Satellite states
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What is meant by satellite states
They were able to keep their independence but were controlled by Soviet Union
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What were the satellite states
Poland,Czechoslovakian,Hungary,east Germany,Bulgaria and Romania
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What happened in the 1980s
The ussr economy started to suffer and many countries started to seek full independence
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Who was the last head of ussr
Mikhaol gorbachev
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Did I khaki Gorbachev succeed in making improvements
No mama members become u happy with the socialist styled GOVERMENT and this led to disband of ussr
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When was ussr officially disbanded
1991
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When did Russia invade Kazakhs steppe area
1847
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Why couldn’t anyone stop them from invading Kazakh
They had military defense that stretched till the border of Krygyztan
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The Russian dominance over time spread over Central Asia to halt the ____________
British influence
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What was the great game
Series of conflicts between Russia and the Greta Britain
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What wa the result of the Greta game
Russia gained control river ventral Asia while the Britain east India company gained control over Indian subcontinent
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What results were seen after central aska came to power
It was divided into ethnically based groups
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What is the national territorial delimitation
The division of Central Asia was a process named ntd
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After years of subjugation…….
Centrally Asian countries began to gain independence and are all sovereign countries mow
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Who was the cold war between
Western Europe government ideology and east European socialist government ideology
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When did the Cold War last from
1945-1991
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What did the clash of ideologies do
It became a way to slow down the spread of communism
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Why was the name Cold War given
There was no actual fight only proxy wars where allied countries would fight or they would show power in competition
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Name some events through which Cold War people would fight
Race time spCe and neuckesr arm race
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How was the race to space and nuclear arm race similar
They both were used to show technological and military power
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How and when did the Cold War come to an end
Because of the decline of the Soviet Union and states wanting full independence the idea of communist superpower began to fade and the Cold War came to an end in 1991
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Who was the first president after the Cold War
Boris yeltin
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Which continent does Russia come under
Europ and aisa
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Demography of Russia
Large and diverse country Population Ethnic groups