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Sovereignty, Authority, and Power
Political Institutions
Citizens, Society, and the State
Political and Economic Change
Public Policies
100
3 branches of government and 83 local/regional governments
What is the division of government within Russia?
100
Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev
Who are the current President and Prime Minister?
100
The territory of Russia that has had a longstanding struggle with gaining independence from Russia
What is Chechnya?
100
Autocratic rule, hereditary, wanted absolute power
What is Tsarist Rule?
100
The tensions between US and USSR after WWII, never broke out into actual war
What is the Cold War?
200
They are more conservative and tend to have lesser education than most the population. They reminisce on the "good ol' communist times"
What is the older generation of Russia?
200
The Russian voters are called to cast their vote on a situation
What is referendum?
200
The dominant religion of Russia that has had close ties to the state
What is Russian Orthodoxy?
200
A government with varying levels of autonomy and independence
What is asymmetric federalism?
200
A big goal of Putin and Medvedev due to the economy and dying population
What is diversification?
300
80%
What is the percentage of people that are ethnically Russian?
300
Super wealthy Russians that got their money through corruption, looked down upon by the State and public
What are oligarchs?
300
The plan that forced many Russians to move out of the countryside or face punishment
What is Stalin's Five Year Plan of Industrialization?
300
an elective assembly created under Nicholas II to help run Russian government
What is the Duma?
300
A problem that Russia is facing due to raging alcoholism and bad living conditions; one of Russia's main problems along with the economy
What is the Russian population crisis?
400
Statism, Skepticism of Power, East vs. West, Equality of Result
What are the Components of Russian Political Culture?
400
a term for people who work in the security services
What is siloviki?
400
Means "openness", used for increased transparency in Russian government and a more consultative government
What is the policy of glasnost?
400
Wealthy landowners that Stalin tried to steal assets from
Who are the Kulaks?
400
A region that has access to warm water ports and oil, important to Russia
What is Crimea?
500
Authoritarianism -> Democratization -> Authoritarianism
What is Russian governmental progress in history?
500
Federal Assembly - Federation Council - Duma
What is the Russian legislature and what are the upper and lower houses?
500
A largely nationalist youth group movement in Russia in support of Putin and the state
What is Nashi?
500
Tried to transform Russia into a market economy quickly under Yeltsin
What is shock therapy?
500
alliances that former SOviet republics try to gain membership in; Russia avoids them
What is NATO and/or EU?