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A group of families with a common ancestor
clan
A well-organized Russian political group that called for workers to control private property
Bolsheviks
Permanently frozen ground
Permafrost
A government that is controlled by one or more people who have not been chosen in a free and fair election
Authoritarian government
The increase in agriculture production through improved technology
Green Revolution
A group of trade routes that crossed Asia and connected China to the Mediterranean Sea
The Silk Road
Leader of the Bolsheviks who created the communist government
Vladimir Lenin
A thick forest of coniferous trees that covers much of Siberia
Taiga
Russia's most valuable resources
oil and gas deposits
This sea dried up due to over-cropping
Aral Sea
Peasants who were bound to live and work on the land owned by a lord.
Serfs
A shift of control from an individual or company to a group called a collective
Collectivization
The largest salt lake and the largest inland body of water in the world
The Caspian Sea
Who is the current President of Russia?
Vladimir Putin
These type of industrial plants cause air pollution and deforestation
paper plants
A Russian ruler
tsar
A period of hostility between the Soviet and their allies on one side, and the US and their allies on the other side
The Cold War
This religion is most popular in Northern Eurasia
Orthodox
What is the literacy rate in Russia?
100%
This country has one of the most oppressive governments in Eurasia
Turkmenistan
The first great Romanov tsar
Peter the Great
Russian leader who tried to "fix" Russia by enacting "glasnost"; which lead to more freedom of speech and less government control
Mikhail Gorbachev
This religion is most popular in Central Asia
Islam
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What country did Russia invade in 2020?
Ukraine