This man became president of Russia after Boris Yeltsin
Who is Vladimir Putin?
100
These are the names of the two tsars that helped westernize Russia
Who is Peter the Great and Catherine the Great?
100
This was the President of Russia when the economy flourished
Who is Vladimir Putin?
100
The Soviet Union broke up in this year
What is 1991
100
This is when the government is transparent and shows the citizens what is happening
What is Glasnost
200
This man came into power after Nikita Khrushchev and tightened the control on the Soviet Union again
Who was Leonid Brezhnev?
200
This was the man who became ruler of Russia after the last tsar, Nicholas II, was overthrown by the people
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
200
Russia is this type of government
(not liberal/illiberal democracy)
What is a transitional democracy
200
These are the names of the two major revolutions in the 20th century
What is the Bolshevik Revolution and the 1991 Revolution (when USSR dissolved)
200
A hierarchal party structure in which leaders were elected from citizens, where strict discipline is required in implementing policy
What is democratic centralism?
300
Boris Yeltsin was going to reform Russia by using this idea
What is shock therapy?
300
This is the name of the man who crushed the Decembrist revolt of 1825
Who is tsar Nicholas I?
300
This was the general secretary of the USSR that made party elections a competition
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
300
Separation and isolation of Russia has been a result of this
What is Slavic Nationalism?
300
This was when land was taken from peasants and made into collective farms, lead to famine and death.
What is collectivization
400
This was when the economy was controlled by the state, people were rapidly converted to urban life, media was censored, and only the Communist Party had power
What was the Stalin Revolution?
400
This was the name of the Russian that freed the sefs. Eventually his son would undo it
Who is Alexander II?
400
This was the religion during tsarist Russia
What is Eastern Orthodox
400
This was one of Gorbachev’s reforms which integrated the Soviet Union in the global economy
What is "new thinking"
400
This is the definition of “Perestroika”
What is decentralization and rationalization of economic structures to enable individual enterprises to increase?
500
After 9/11, terrorist attacks on Russia have been related to this separatist movement
What is Chechen
500
The defeat of Russia in this 19th century war showed needs for major reform
What is the Crimean War?
500
This is the group of Muslims in Russia who use violence to voice their opinions
Who are the Chechnya
500
These were Vladimir Lenin’s two ideologies
What is vanguard and democratic centralism?
500
These are wealthy individuals who had benefited from the privatization process and who held significant influence as well.