Russian Geography
largest lake in Russia
What is the Caspian Sea?
Current President iof Russia
Who is Vladimir Putin?
Movement that brought political reform to Russia beginning in the 1980's
What was Perestroika?
Illegal economic activities
What is the Black Market?
One of the major ecological problems of Russia; made famous by the Chernobyl incident/
What is nuclear waste?
Mot predominant religion in Russia.
What is Orthodox?
The title of a royal leader in Russia
What was czar?
Openness and transparency
What is glastnost?
The building known as the center of the Russian Government.
What is the Kremlin?
The second largest religious group found in Russia.
What is Islam?
transportation development that connects the entre Russian landscape
What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
In feudalism; this was the lowest level in the labor hierarchy/
What was a serf?
A person who opposes official policy especially authoritian rule
Who is a dissident?
The Eastern jhalfof Russia
What is Siberia?
Referring to Eastern European descent.
What is Slavic?
A fertile black soil rich in humus.
What is chernozem?
A system of labor used throughout Europe during the Middle Ages
What was Feudalism?
The transition of publicly-owned lands or property and transferring it to private interests.
What is Privitazation?
Russian prisons located throughout Siberia
What are the Gulags?
Russian leader that modernized Russia
Who was Peter the Great
Soil, sand and sediment that remains at 2 degrees Fahrenheit
What is Permafrost?
Political leader that brought Communism to Russia during the early years of the 20th Century.
Who was Vladimir Lenin?
Dictator of the Soviet Union from 1922-1953
Who was Josef Stalin?
number of time zones found in Russia
What is 11?
The last czar of Russia
Who was Czar Nicholas II?