this Communist leader threatened to "bury" America
Khrushchev
second largest country in Europe
Ukraine
largest level region in the world
Western Siberian Plain
Who founded the Solidarity group in Poland?
Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa's organized union in Poland was called
Solidarity
first czar of Russia
Ivan the Terrible
Russia was named after this Viking tribe
Rus
Europe's longest river
Volga River
Who was one of the most brutal leaders of all time?
Joseph Stalin
organization promoting world peace
United Nations
founded Communism
Karl Marx
extremely cold region in the north of Asian Russia that was used as a "prison" by czars and Communists
Siberia
Europe's highest peak
Mt. Elbrus
Communists follow what religion?
Atheism
Who was a famous Russian composer?
Tchaikovsky
leader of the first Communistic state
Vladimir Lenin
What French emperor tried to defeat Russia?
Napoleon
world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
What is the capital of Romania?
Bucharest
Russia lost this war against England, France, Sardinia, and Turkey
Crimean War
Who was the president of the Russian Republic?
Boris Yeltsin
The 3 Baltic State countries are:
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
2 straits controlled by Turkey that gives Russia access to the Black Sea
Dardanelles, Bosporus
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
Who was the first leader of united Russia?
Ivan III