Vocab Words Flashcards
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Czar
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an emperor of Russia before 1917
2
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Soviet Unions
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a communist union with constituent republics
3
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Perestroika
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the practice of restructuring the economic and politcal systems
4
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Glasnost
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practice of more openness and transparency in gov
5
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Steppe
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flat, vast grassland in Southeastern Europe or Siberia
6
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Cyrillic
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alphabet used by Slavic people, closely based off Greek
7
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Trans-Siberian Railway
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a vast Railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East, world’s largest railway line
8
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Autocracy
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a government system where one person has absolute power
9
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Taiga
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world’s largest land biome, all around northern hemisphere, Russia’s largest forest
10
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Collectivization
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to organize all of a counry’s production and industry into government ownership and management
