General Facts 1
Russia is spread across which two continents?
Europe and Asia
During czarist Russia, what were serfs?
Individuals who could be bought and sold along with the land
last Russia czar
Nicholas II
composer of the 1812 Overture
Peter Tchaikovsky
True or False: Moscow has more billionaires per capita than any other country.
True
Describe living under communist rule
the government had strong control over the economy
The vast, rolling treeless plain north of the Arctic Circle is what?
Tundra
restructuring
Perestroika
nearly treeless grassy plain
Steppe
True or False: Russians are taught not to smile in school.
True
Russia was part of the Soviet Union during which years?
1922-1991
This Czar-Liberator freed serfs in 1861
Alexander II
last leader of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
a country whose government has strong control over the economy and society
communist
True or False: In Russia's history, a cat would enter a newly built house first, and if it refused to enter, the house would be torn down and rebuilt.
True
What are the leading movers of people in Russia?
Railroads
The dictator of the Soviet Union in the late 1920s until after World War II was whom?
Joseph Stalin
worked on nobles' country estates or in city palaces
serfs
vast and rolling treeless plain near the Arctic
tundra
True or False: Russian women never wear high heels.
False (most all of them do in metro areas whenever they go out)
Today Russia is a democracy, a government in which citizens
elect their leaders
40% of Russia's land is what?
Permafrost
mountain ranges in southwest Russia
Caucasus
type of economy in which most businesses are privately owned and there is competition
Free enterprise system
True or False: There is a city in Russia dedicated to playing checkers.
False (chess)