Russia Physical Geography
What is the vast expanse of land known for extremely cold temperatures, and permafrost
What is Siberia?
What is the Russian term for its emperor?
What is Czar?
Kazakahstan
Central Asia
He is the current president of Russia.
Who is Vladimir Putin?
black earth-is abundant on this plain
Chernozem
This is the dividing line between Europe and Asia
What are The Ural Mountains?
The Soviet Union Army?
Red Army
Georgia
Transcaucasia
This leader was known for having a 5 year plan?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
a region that consists of the republics of
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
What is Transcaucasia?
The sea or lake divided by five countries
The Caspian
The radical Communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution.
Who were the Bolsheviks?
Uzebekistan
Central Asia
This leader is responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union
Who was Mikhail Gobechev
the part of Russia that lies on the continent
of Asia
What is Siberia?
The deepest lake in Russia
What is the Lake Baikal?
Who was the main leader of the Bolsheviks?
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Azerbaijan
Transcaucasia
He was the first Soviet Union Leader
Who was Lenin
that would eventually link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian Railroad
contains primarily coniferous trees. Many
fur-bearing animals
Taiga
The letters USSR stand for what?
What is The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
The capital of Russia?
Moscow
He was the last leader of the Soviet Union, allowing for a peaceful transition from USSR to Russia.
Who was Gorbachev?
rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers
What is run-off?