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Name of the post World War II period of tension between Russia and America
Cold War
The first president of post-Communist Russia
Yeltsin
Capital of Russia
Moscow
Title that refers to the rulers of Russia from 1547 to 1917
Czar
Which Russian river is the longest in Europe?
Volga River
The breakaway republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991
Chechnya
Russian dictator during World War II
Stalin
First Russian city
Novgorod
Massive fortress in Moscow that represents Russian political power and influence
The Kremlin
Which mountain range divides European Russia from Asiatic Russia
Ural Mountains
What has Russia historically lacked that has influenced its foreign policy
warm-water seaports
Second president of post-Communist Russia
Putin
Arctic seaport
Murmansk
Large, open space, that was once a marketplace and is now the location of Lenin's tomb
Red Square
Which peninsula in Pacific Russia includes 29 active volcanoes?
After the fall of Communism, Russia and other former Soviet republics assumed this name
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
First Russian ruler, 1547
Ivan the Terrible
Main Pacific port that is accessible year round
Vladivostok
Fiercely independent nomads of Russia who were feared for their elite cavalry
Cossacks
Which islands are a source of dispute between Russia and Japan?
Kuril Islands
New official name of the country of Russia
Russian Federation
Last ruler of the Soviet Union
Gorbachev
Linked to the Arctic coast by the White Sea-Baltic Canal
St. Petersburg
Described the great coniferous forests of Siberia
Taiga
What railroad links Russia's European and Pacific ports?
Trans-Siberian Railway