This landform holds nearly 20% of the earth's fresh water.
What is Lake Baikal
100
A Viking tribe that ruled the East Slavs beginning in around the year 500
Who are the Rus?
100
A Russian political group that called for worker control; later became the Communist Party
Who were the Bolsheviks?
100
Name for an extremely powerful nation
What is a superpower?
100
A "peninsula" in the Black Sea where residents recently voted to declare their independence from the Ukraine
What is Crimea?
200
Russia's longest river
What is the Volga?
200
A grand complex of state offices and churches located in Moscow
What is the Kremlin?
200
Leader of the Bolsheviks who took power in 1917; later the first leader of the Soviet Union
Who was Vladimir Lenin
200
"To keep information from being reported"
What is censor?
200
An overabundance of this forced Ukraine to reach out to Russia and the EU for economic assistance
What is DEBT?
300
This land form separates European Russia from Asian Russia
What are the Ural Mountains?
300
A peasant who is legally bound to live and work on land owned by his or her lord
What is a serf?
300
Brutal dictator that implemented a policy of collectivization
Who was Josef Stalin?
300
Name for the Soviet secret police
What was the KGB?
300
These devices stretch all across Ukraine and allow the Russians to deliver natural gas to Europe
What are pipelines?
400
This area is home to most of Russia's natural resources, including nearly 1/3 of the earth's coal.
What is Siberia?
400
"Emperor" derived from Latin "Caesar
What is a Tsar?
400
Under this political/economic system, the leadership values obedience, discipline and economic security.
What is Communism?
400
The first president of the Russian Federation following the collapse of the Soviet Union
Who is Boris Yeltsin?
400
A former KGB agent who is the current President of the Russian Federation
Who is Vladimir Putin?
500
Vast grasslands with mild, moist summers and rich soils
What are steppes?
500
Novgorad and this city were the first economic and cultural centers of the East Slavs in what later became Russia.
What is Kiev?
500
This economic system is characterized by a market economy where private consumers and producers make most economic decisions and own most property.
What is Capitalism?
500
Soviet leader who implemented a plan of "glasnost and perestroika," which unexpectedly led to the fall of the Soviet Union and the formation of the Russian Federation
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
500
The capital city and seat of government for Ukraine