Geography
How many time zones does Russia have?
11
The East Slavs were energetic traders. They founded trading posts along rivers that became the cities of ___________and Novgorod.
Kiev
What were Gulags?
these camps imprisoned people suspected of opposing Stalin's rule or his policies
Who was elected President in the year 2000?
Vladmir Putin
What two continents is Russia located on?
Europe and Asia
The _____________ Forms Located in present-day Ukraine, Kiev became the region’s economic and cultural center.
Kievan Rus Forms
What year was the soviet union formed?
1922
What is the name of the soviet secret police that Putin was involved in?
KGB
What separates European Russia from Asia Russia?
Ural Mountains
_________ adopted the Byzantines’ Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He converted all of Kiev in a mass ceremony.
Vladimir
Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union?
Josef Stalin
In 2011 what percent of Russians lived below the poverty level?
13%
The Caucasus mountains run east to west between what two seas?
The Caspian Sea and the Black sea
The Romanov dynasty ruled Russia for the next __________ years.
300
In the famine from 1932-1933 how many people died?
6 million
Putting what industry under the government was one of Putin's most controversial decisions?
Energy
What is the longest river in European Russia?
Volga
The first great Romanov tsar, ________________, dreamed of a Russia to rival European nations.
Peter the Great
What were the United States and the soviet union fighting for during the Cold War?
economic, political, and cultural power around the world.
Russia took over which country in 2014 when their government was overthrown?
Ukraine