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Russia And The Cold War Flashcards

1
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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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4
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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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5
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What is russias capital

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Moscow

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6
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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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7
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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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8
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In which year was the Romanov dynasty overthrown

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1917

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9
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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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10
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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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12
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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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15
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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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16
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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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19
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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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21
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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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22
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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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23
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What is ussr

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It’s a massive federalist socialist state

24
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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

25
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Since when to when did this ussr exist

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1922-1991

26
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The ussr occupied _____ of the earths surface

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1/6

27
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Who was the founder of ussr

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Vladimir Lenin

28
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What led to the founding of ussr

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Overthrown of russian provisional government

29
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What did the Soviet Union promoted

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Social ownership of production,distribution and exchange of the country’s resources

30
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What was the ussr known for

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The first socialist country with a planned transition into a communist society

31
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What lead to ussr gaining power and expanding into Eastern Europe

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World war 2

32
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Many countries that the ussr abosrobed become knows as _____________

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Satellite states

33
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What is meant by satellite states

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They were able to keep their independence but were controlled by Soviet Union

34
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What were the satellite states

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Poland,Czechoslovakian,Hungary,east Germany,Bulgaria and Romania

35
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What happened in the 1980s

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The ussr economy started to suffer and many countries started to seek full independence

36
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Who was the last head of ussr

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Mikhaol gorbachev

37
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Did I khaki Gorbachev succeed in making improvements

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No mama members become u happy with the socialist styled GOVERMENT and this led to disband of ussr

38
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When was ussr officially disbanded

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1991

39
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When did Russia invade Kazakhs steppe area

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1847

40
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Why couldn’t anyone stop them from invading Kazakh

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They had military defense that stretched till the border of Krygyztan

41
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The Russian dominance over time spread over Central Asia to halt the ____________

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British influence

42
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What was the great game

A

Series of conflicts between Russia and the Greta Britain

43
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What wa the result of the Greta game

A

Russia gained control river ventral Asia while the Britain east India company gained control over Indian subcontinent

44
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What results were seen after central aska came to power

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It was divided into ethnically based groups

45
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What is the national territorial delimitation

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The division of Central Asia was a process named ntd

46
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After years of subjugation…….

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Centrally Asian countries began to gain independence and are all sovereign countries mow

47
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Who was the cold war between

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Western Europe government ideology and east European socialist government ideology

48
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When did the Cold War last from

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1945-1991

49
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What did the clash of ideologies do

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It became a way to slow down the spread of communism

50
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Why was the name Cold War given

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There was no actual fight only proxy wars where allied countries would fight or they would show power in competition

51
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Name some events through which Cold War people would fight

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Race time spCe and neuckesr arm race

52
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How was the race to space and nuclear arm race similar

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They both were used to show technological and military power

53
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How and when did the Cold War come to an end

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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

54
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Who was the first president after the Cold War

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Boris yeltin

55
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Which continent does Russia come under

A

Europ and aisa

56
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Demography of Russia

A

Large and diverse country
Population
Ethnic groups

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