Important People
People who have no permanent home, and move according to the seasons
Nomads
What contributed to Russia's economic crash in 1998?
Distance decay
Separate the Northern European and West Siberian Plains
Ural Mountains
The most fertile soil on earth- "black earth"
Chernozem
Why do Russian leaders want to import, store, and treat the world's nuclear waste?
To help the Russian economy (money, money, money)
The criminal organization that threatens Russia's economy
Russian Mafia
Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan was over what specifically?
The region of Nagorno-Karabakh
An extensive lowland that lies between the Caspian Sea and the mountains and uplands of Central Asia
Turan Plain
The effect of distance on climate
Continentality
What concerns do the U.S. have about Russia?
theft or misuse of nuclear materials
Russian leader who put an end to Mongol rule
Ivan the Great
What led to the beginning of ethic and regional conflicts in Caucasus
The collapse of the Soviet Union
Largest forest on earth
Taiga
Rainfall not absorbed by the soil
Run-off
many of the resources are located within arctic and subarctic zones, so the resources are often unaccessible.
Leader who granted more economic and political freedom to the people of the former USSR
Mikhail Gorbachev
The rule of the czars ended because of what
The Russian Revolution
Sea that has been severely affected by irrigation
Aral Sea
Where the central government makes all decisions
Command economy
Why do Russia and the Republics receive limited precipitation?
Because of their distance from the sea
After the Russian Revolution, the Soviet military was known as
The Red Army
What major event caused the Russian Revolution?
The Bloody Sunday Massacre
Links Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian Railroad
Selling government-owned businesses to individuals and private companies
privatization
How does runoff affect the environment?
Runoff is excess rainwater, and runoff will pick up chemicals that go into the rivers and lakes