GEOGRAPHY TERMS
Surrounded on all sides by land
LANDLOCKED
Current capital of Russia
MOSCOW
Special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships
ICE BREAKER
Current President of Russia
VLADIMIR PUTIN
A person who flees to another country for safety
REFUGEE
Treeless zone near the Arctic Ocean with high elevation
TUNDRA
The deepest lake in Russia and the WORLD
LAKE BAIKAL
The world's largest railroad that transports goods and people across Russia
TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
Russia's former president during the USSR who promoted glastnost and perestroika, or openess and restructuring of the government
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
An official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
EMBARGO
A wide, flat, dry region of grassland on the edge of a desert used for farming
STEPPE
Mountain range that divides eastern and western Russia or Europe from Asia
URAL MOUNTAINS
Hired to guard art in Russia, specifically at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg
CATS
Grand Prince of Moscow and all of Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584
TZAR IVAN IV, KNOWN AS "IVAN THE TERRIBLE"
A policy or practice by which a country increases its power and influence through diplomacy or military force, often by controlling weaker nations
IMPERIALISM
A layer of soil that stays frozen all year round
PERMAFROST
Cold, harsh region of Russia with permafrost, very low population density
SIBERIA
The amount of land that Russia occupies on the Earth
ONE-TENTH
Russian revolutionary leader who founded the Bolshevik Party and became the first head of government of Soviet Russia (later the USSR), establishing the world's first communist state
VLADIMIR LENIN
The national government owns all land, resources, industries, farms, and railroads
COMMAND ECONOMY (SOCIALIST/COMMUNIST SYSTEM)
A zone of coniferous forest
TAIGA
Former capital of Russia, major cultural center of the country of Russia
The amount of the world's fresh water that comes from Lake Baikal
ONE-FIFTH
Legendary Russian author who wrote the famous novel "War and Peace"
LEO TOLSTOY
The basis for a market economy where individuals run businesses for profit with minimal government control, emphasizes individual economic freedom and allows people to own resources and businesses
FREE ENTERPRISE (FREE MARKET/CAPITALISM)