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The least of the least (Russia and sattelite countries) Flashcards

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1
Q

… is the largest country of the planet with … km2

A

Russia
17 km2

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2
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It spans … times zones compared to … for Canada

A

11
5 and a half

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3
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It is the … largest state in population with … M people of whom … % are non-Russian

A

9th
147M
20%

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4
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The … diversity of Russia is as huge as its land and often unknown

A

cultural

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5
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There are … nations and more than. … official languages

A

280 nations
110 languages

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6
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… and … to democracy in the … has been a difficult period for Russians during the …

A

Establishing
Adjusting
post-communikst Russia
1990s

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7
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… collapsed in … and the … then split in … independent countries

A

Communism
1991
Soviet Union
15

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8
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The … part of Russia is the most …

A

European
populated

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9
Q

… is the … and the largest city (… M)

A

Moscow
capital
17M

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10
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… (… M) is the second Russian city in importance and … (… M) is the largest of …

A

St. Peterburg
5M
Kiev
3M
Ukraine

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11
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The … situation between … and … has been … since … when … invaded the … on the Black Sea and supported pro-Russians in taking control of the eastern part of the country

A

political
Ukraine
Russia
tense
2014
Russia
Crimea Peninsula

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12
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More recently (since February 2022), … has been trying to … of …, more precisely the …

A

Russia
take control
eastern Ukraine
Donbas region

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13
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… is the name used to designate the … part of Russia

A

Siberia
Asian

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14
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Siberia is all the land east of the …

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Ural Mountains

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15
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Siberia is well deserved in … but they are … and … to reach

A

natural resources
hard
costly

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16
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… M Russians live in that land of … - swamps - … and …

A

40M
taiga
swamps
mountains
cold climate

17
Q

It has very … population density with about only … % (… M) of Russia’s population on … % of its land

A

low
28%
40M
77%

18
Q

… is the … (… m) and the largest lake in the world

A

Lake Baikal
deepest
1642 m

19
Q

Lake Baikal contains more … than the …

A

freshwater
five great lakes

20
Q

… - … - … - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan are central … countries of … - … and … with a predominantly … population

A

Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Asian
steppes
desert
mountains
Muslim

21
Q

At the opposite of Russia, their population all have a strong … increase

A

natural

22
Q

The … of the … is the most important visible ecological disaster on the planet

A

shrinking
Aral Sea

23
Q

The sea has lost …% of its original volume of water

A

90%

24
Q

Some former prosperous fishing villages are now more than … km away from the new shoreline

A

90 km

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