Leaders
the first true national leader of a united Russia
Ivan III
The leader of the first Communist state
Lenin
Russian Communists were once also known as _______.
Bolsheviks
A famous Russian food is ______.
Caviar
Gorbachev tried to maintain his power by allowing perestroika and ________.
glasnost
Europe's longest river
Volga River
capital of Russia
Moscow
capital of Hungary
Budapest
the first czar of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
the Communist leader who threatened to "bury" the United States
Khrushchev
The system of government that says there is no God and allows people no freedom is __________.
Communism
The second largest country in Europe
Ukraine
Lech Walesa organized a union in Poland called ______.
Solidarity
Europe's highest peak
Mt. Elbrus
capital of Ukraine
Kiev
capital of Romania
Bucharest
the last czar of Russia
Nicholas II
the most powerful man in Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union
Yeltsin
The mountains dividing European Russia from Asian Russia are the _______.
Urals
The use of deceptive means to try to convince people of something is ________.
propaganda
The organization founded at the end of World War II to promote world peace is the ______.
United Nations
largest level region in the world
Western Siberian Plain
capital of Poland
Warsaw
capital of Bulagaria
Sofia
the French emperor who attempted to conquer Russia
Napoleon
Russia was named after the Viking tribe known as the _______.
Rus
The extremely cold region in the north of Asian Russia once used as a "prison" by both the czars and the Communists is _______.
Siberia
The name given to Stalin's reign of terror is _______.
Great Purge
The traditionally nomadic people who have one of their largest settlements in Romania are the _______.
Gypsies
Lake Baikal
capital of Czech Republic
Prague
capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
the founder of Communism
Marx
The Russian title which means "emperor" is ______.
czar
Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov were Russian _______.
writers
The war Russia lost against England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia was __________.
What are the three Baltic States?
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Bosporus, Dardanelles
capital of Slovakia
Bratislava