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world geos -test 3 Flashcards

1
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cold war & proximity war

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with Russia and the US. during the atomic era

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2
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russian empire

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Muscovy – 1552 independence from the Mongol State

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3
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Revolution and USSR

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Discontent caused by famine and WWI – revolution 1917 – civil war 1917-1922

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4
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1547 russian empire

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Ivan the terrible named the first Tsar and creates
the oprichnina

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5
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1721-1725 Russian king

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– Peter the Great

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6
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1762-1796 russsian queen

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– Catherine the Great

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7
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the romanov family

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1918 killed, bodies recently only found

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8
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lenin

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major figure of the social democratic labor party of russia

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9
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lenin era?

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Red Terror

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10
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lenin was what for the buildings in russia

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Architect of the Soviet Union (1922)

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11
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Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

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1939, aligned the Soviet Union with Germany

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12
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iron Curtin

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1945-1991

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13
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stalin

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after lenin, responsible for genocide and cold war era

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14
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putin

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former KGB president from 200 to 2008 and further

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15
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who made the russian government change the laws about how long a person could be in power?

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putin

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16
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the kremlin

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equivalent to American pentagon/ white house

17
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on paper, russia is what

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democracy

18
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the near abroad

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Russians federation sphere of influence

19
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BRICS

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Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa

20
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oligarchs

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political and economic power

21
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russian economy based on what

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mainly exports

22
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what does russian economy mainly export

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oil / raw materials

23
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feb 21 2022

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putin declared Donetsk and Luhansk independent nations

24
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feb 24 2022

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russia declares war on ukraine

25
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sept 30th 2022

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Russia anexes the four oblasts

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