Physical Geography
Mountain range in Russia that separates Europe and Asia
Ural Mountains
Primary country that Russia is currently building tension with
Ukraine
Ethnic group of Eastern and Southeastern Europeans and Western Russians
slavs
First leader of the Soviet Union
Lenin
Dominant religion of Eastern Europe
Eastern Orthodox Church
A natural resource in Russia
minerals, forests, farmland, fishing, coal, oil and natural gas
Current leader of Russia
Vladimir Putin
Russian rulers before 1917 were called this
czars
Leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin and during WWII
Stalin
Places where most people in Eastern Europe live
Capital cities
The sea which is Russia's only warm water trade route
Black Sea to Mediterranean Sea
Leader of the Soviet Union who stepped down right before its collapse
Mikhail Gorbachev
Farm laborers during Imperial Russia who had basically no rights and could be bought and sold with the land
serfs
Tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union that lasted for 40 years, from after WWII until 1991
The Cold War
Capital of Russia
Moscow
Climate in northern Russia
Subartic
Lessening media censorship is an example of what policy
glasnost
Joseph Stalin put all agriculture production under government control
collectivization
Confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union about the location of missile stations
Russia did not want to release control of these places after the fall of the Soviet Union
Longest river in Europe
Volga River
system of government with the goal of no currency and classless society
communism
Revolution in Russia in 1917, led by the Bolsheviks, which started communism
October Revolution
Policies put in place by Gorbachev that restructured the government and gave the people more freedom of speech
perestroika
Why many people were remained poor after the fall of the Soviet Union
few oligarchs owned all the industries and wealth