Leaders of Russia
This czar modernized Russia and St Petersburg became the capital.
Who was Peter the Great?
The southern peninsula in the Ukraine in which was later annexed by Russia.
What is Crimea?
Step down from something
What is Abdicate?
A economic system where the government according to theory is supposed to disappear, but in Russia it was controlled by a centralized government and a dictator.
What is Communism?
A thick layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year.
What is Permafrost?
Which Russian leader was known for implementing the policies of Perestroika and Glasnost?
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
A mountain range stretches over 1,500 miles in Russia and separates Europe and Asia side of the country.
What is the Ural Mountains
The name of a political & ideological war that occurred between the USA & the Soviet Union.
What is the Cold War?
A economic system in which a country’s trade & industry are controlled by private businesses with no government interference.
What is Free Enterprise?
Russian for king or emperor
He is the current President of Russia.
Who is Vladmir Putin?
Name of the vast Russian plains that cover a significant portion of the country
What is the Northern European Plains?
A reform that was supposed to restructure the Soviet economy by allowing SOME capitalism
What is Perestroika?
An economy that is controlled by both the government and the people.
What is socialism?
A nuclear power plant that exploded in the Ukraine in 1986
What is Chernobyl?
He is the first Soviet leader that introduced communism to Russia.
Who is Vladmir Lennon?
A mountainous peninsula that is home to many ethnic groups.
What is the Balkans?
Countries that were part of the USSR buffer zone, as well as under the influence/ pressure of the USSR and its leadership.
What are Satellite Nations?
A type of non democratic government that controls everything in a country
What is a Totalitarian Dictatorship?
Imaginary boundary that separated Eastern Europe from Western Europe (Communism from Democracy)
What is the Iron Curtain?
He was the last Czar who was forced to abdicate his thrown.
Who is Czar Nicholas Romonov?
Which lake in Russia is the deepest and oldest freshwater lake in the world?
What is lake Baikal?
A reform that encouraged openness between the government & citizens.
What is Glasnost?
A economic process that began after the fall of communism as Russia began to introduce capitalism.
What is Privatization?
A major religion that is throughout Russia.
Orthodox Christianity