Definitions
A system of government that says there is no God and allows the people no freedom
Communism/Marxism
Founder of the first Communist state
Lenin
Second largest country in Europe
Ukraine
What dictator tried to conquer Russia but was instead conquered by the Russian winter?
Napoleon
Founder of Communism
Karl Marx
The way of running businesses and handling money that allows for individual freedom and responsibility
Capitalism/Free Enterprise
Overthrown by Stalin and exiled from Russia
Trotsky
The cold region in the extreme north of Asian Russia
Siberia
What is the name given to the nomadic people of Eastern Europe?
Gypsies
Introduced the Russians to a form of Christianity
Vladimir the Saint
Using deceptive means to try to convince people of something
Propaganda
Tried to maintain Communist power by introducing Perestroika and Glasnost
Gorbachev
The world's deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
What is the name of the organization founded after World War II to promote world peace?
United Nations
The first czar
Ivan IV
"openness"; seeking peace with the free nations
Glasnost
Won the release of Gorbachev and became the most powerful man in Russia
Boris Yeltsin
The garden of Europe
Bulgaria
What was the name given to the Russian followers of Marx?
Communists or Bolsheviks
The last czar
Nicholas II
"restructuring"; allowing some free enterprise
Perestroika
Worked to restore Polish freedom by founding Solidarity
Lech Walesa
The two straits that control access to the Black Sea
Bosporus, Dardenelles
What is the largest level region in the world?
West Siberian Plain
First true national leader of a united Russia
Ivan III