Unit 8 Russia Flashcards
Tsar
A Russian emperor
Westernization
The adoption of Western Culture
Revolutionary
Ideas that could cause the overthrow of a government
Communism
A political system in which the central government owns farms, factories, and offices
Heritage
Customs and practices that are passed from one generation to the next.
Propaganda
The spread of ideas designed to support some cause or to hurt an opposing cause
Investor
Someone who spends money on improving a business in the hope of making more money if the business succeeds
Inflation
An increase in the general level of prices at a time when the amount of goods and services remains the same
Chernozem
A rich, black soil
Collectives
Huge, government controlled farms
Tributary
A river or stream that flows into a larger river
Chernobyl
A nuclear power plant in Ukraine that exploded due to user error and caused radiation all over the world
Ural Mountains
A mountain range that separates Western Russia and Europe from Eastern Russia and Asia
Siberia
A cold, desolate region where people go when punished by the government. They herd reindeer to survive
“Time of Troubles”
A time frame when Russia endured 20 years of Civil Wars and invasion by the Polish
Duma
A kind of congress that was intended to share power with the Tsar, but they were shut out of many decisions
“Bloody Sunday”
In 1905, workers in St. Petersburg marched to the Tsar’s palace. They were trying to get reforms, but government troops stopped them and opened fire, killing hundreds
An ethnic group in Siberia is…
the Yakuts
The festival where many of Siberia’s people go is the…
Reindeer Festival
Who founded St. Petersburg?
Peter the Great
Why did Peter the Great want to control land on the Baltic Sea?
He wanted to get better ports, which in his eyes would make Russia a more powerful country
What were the two groups below the Tsar?
Landowners
Serfs
Who freed the Serfs?
Alexander II
Who was the last Tsar?
Nicholas II
