Physical Geography
Cold weather, difficulty in growing crops, and lack of trade routes are defining features of this region
What is Siberia?
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capability
Painted wooden toys of decreasing size that can be placed one inside another
What are nesting dolls?
Russia's government consists of these three branches
What are legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
Political and economic system in Russia following the overthrow of the czars
What is communism?
This physical feature serves as a boundary between European Russia and Asian Russia
What are the Ural Mountains?
The first people to settle in Eastern Europe
Who were the Slavs?
Tchaikovsky composed the music for this popular ballet
What is The Nutcracker?
Russia's capital city
What is Moscow?
Makes up the largest part of Russia's economy
What is service industry?
Russia has few of these, limiting its ability to trade
What are warm water ports?
An ideological rivalry between the United States and Russia that lasted from 1947 to 1991
What is the Cold War?
A holiday Russians celebrate on January 7
What is Christmas?
Resulted in the independence of Soviet Republics
What is the End of the Cold War?
What is the Collapse of the Soviet Union?
Major oil deposits are found beneath this body of water
What is the Caspian Sea?
Links both ends of Russia for the purpose of travel and transportation
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
The Cyrillic alphabet originated here.
What is Greece?
Russian cathedrals are well known for this architectural feature
What are onion domes?
The majority of Russia's government offices are located here
What is the Kremlin?
Russia's control of oil and gas industries are an example of this
What is a partial command economy?
Most Russians live here
What is the East European Plain?
First czar, or emperor, of Russia
Who was Ivan the Terrible?
Form of Christianity most popular in Russia
What is Russian Orthodox?
Russia's form of government
What is a federal republic?
Russia's most important economic region
What is the Moscow region?