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100
The war between Russia and the U.S that never actually led to open warfare was known as what?
What is the Cold War
100
20% of the world's fresh, frozen water is located in what Russian body of water?
What is Lake Baikal
100
How many newly independent republics we're formed by the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991?
What is 15
100
Who is the current Russian president?
Who is Vladimir Putin
100
What's the name for large teams of laborers who were brought together to work large plots of land that were state-owned?
What are collective farms
200
The distance between the moderating influence of the sea is known as what?
What is continentinality
200
What landform contains the vast majority of the population of Russia and the Republics?
What is the North European Plain
200
About what percentage of people in Russia lived below the poverty line in the late 1990s?
What is 40%
200
Who is the current prime minister of Russia?
Who is Dmitry Medledev
200
Besides Aetheism, what is the major religion practiced in Russia?
What is Eastern Orthodox
300
What is the political and economic system in which the government holds all political power?
What is communism
300
What river flows near Moscow and carries 60% of Russia's river traffic?
What is the Volga River
300
Russia possesses roughly what proportion of the world's timber supply?
What is 1/5
300
Which philosopher inspired the Communist theories of Russia?
Who is Karl Marx
300
After the Soviet Union collapsed, what form of economic system did Russia move towards?
What is capitalism?
400
The sale of government owned businesses to individuals and private companies is known as what?
What is privatization
400
Many geographers consider what landform to be the dividing line between Europe and Asia?
What is the Ural Mountains
400
Approximately what percent of Russian people live in Urban areas?
What is 75%
400
What Russian leader put an end to Mongol control of Russia?
Who is Ivan the Great
400
Rebels from what rebellious republic were blamed for a series of bombings in 1999 that led to Russian invasion?
What is Chechnya
500
What's the term for the revolt of Russian people in 1917 during World War I?
What is the Russian Revolution
500
What landform is located between the Ural Mountains and the Yenesey River?
What is the West Siberian Plain
500
Which body of water has lost about 80% of its original volume?
What is the Aral Sea
500
What Russian leader moved Russia's capital away from Moscow in attempt to give Russia easier access to Western Europe?
Who is Peter the Great
500
What nation in Transcaucasia is not primarily Christian?
What is Azerbaijan
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