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Russian Revolution
USSR
Fall of Communism
Russia
100
Largest nation in the world in terms of area throughout most of the 20th century
What is Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
100
Year of the Russian Revolution
What is 1917
100
First leader of the USSR
What is Lenin
100
Nation in Europe divided between East and West after World War II
What is Germany
100
Largest nation in the world today
What is Russia
200
Most of the former USSR has what type of climate
What is cool or cold
200
Last czar of Russia
What is Nicholas II
200
Leader who turned the USSR into a totalitarian state and used a secret police force to control it
What is Joseph Stalin
200
Wall which divided a German city and was opened in November 1989
What is Berlin
200
Major religion of Russia
What is Russian Orthodox
300

The capital city of the former USSR and Russia

What is Moscow

300
Took over the government on November 7, 1917
What is Bolsheviks or Communists
300
Group who received the most benefits and privileges in the former USSR
What is Communist party members
300

Perestroika and glasnost were reforms of this leader

What is Mikhail Gorbachev

300

Dominant ethnic group in the former USSR

What is Russian

400
The eastern part of Russia is called this
What is Siberia
400
Two main sides in the Russian Civil War from 1918-1921
What is Reds and Whites
400
Economic and political conflict between the US and USSR
What is Cold War
400

Communist country which was ultimately divided into seven different nations during the 1990s and 2000s

What is Yugoslavia

400
Russia fought and badly lost to this nation during World War I
What is Germany
500
DAILY DOUBLE-The former USSR is in this continent
What is Europe and Asia
500
DAILY DOUBLE-Three great political revolutions in modern world history
What is American, French, Russian
500

DAILY DOUBLE-Three reasons why the USSR collapsed

What is Communist party inefficiency and corruption, alcoholism, guns v. butter, nationalism, environmental issues, war in Afghanistan, Mikhail Gorbachev

500
DAILY DOUBLE-Three nations which had the Singing Revolution against Soviet and Communist rule
What is Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
500

DAILY DOUBLE-Three problems experienced by Russia after the collapse of the USSR

What is economic (inflation, unemployment, poverty), ethnic problems, former republics, crime, corruption, Chechnya