Physical Geography
Russia spans this many time zones.
11
This is the largest freshwater lake in the world.
Lake Baikal.
A peasant who cannot legally leave the land on which he or she works is called this.
Serf.
Under this system, individual rights are promoted.
Capitalism.
This leader became the first official Tsar in 1547.
Ivan the Terrible.
Despite its landmass, Russia ranks this high in population size.
9th
This is the climate type of Siberia. (in between 2 types)
Continental and Arctic.
The sudden violent overthrow of top government leaders by another group of leaders is called this.
Coup.
Under communism, this group controls factors of production.
The government.
This leader was concerned with educational reform and loved literature.
Catherine the Great.
The majority of people in Russia live West of this boundary.
The Ural Mountains.
The government has sent millions of these people to Siberia since the 1700s.
Prisoners.
An act or condition that is unfair is called this.
Injustice.
Capitalism promotes this term, separation between wealth groups.
Class distinction.
Vladimir Lenin promised these three things to his country.
"Land, peace and bread."
This is the longest River in Europe.
Volga River
Name one River that flows North across Siberia.
(Ob, Yenisey or Lena).
This is the term for a large farm run by a group of people under government supervision.
This is the system of government that usually corresponds with communism.
Totalitarian or Autocratic.
Under his dictatorship, the Great Purge occurred.
Joseph Stalin.
Some people with this occupation live in the Northern tundra.
Reindeer herders.
Name three resources found in Siberia.
coal, oil, tin, iron, and diamonds
This is a large landholding usually owned by one person or family.
Estate.
This term refers to the idea that everyone in society is equal - also starts with an "e."
Egalitarian.
This leader is seen as modernizing Russia and leading them out of barbarism.
Peter the Great.