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Geography 15

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openness
glasnost
power made by creating a controlled atomic reaction
nuclear energy
a government in which people freely elect their leaders
democracy
Communist leaders controlled Russia's economy by using
five-year plans
Which Soviet leader set up five-year plans to industrialize the country?
Joseph Stalin
emperor
czar
competition for world influence between the Soviet Union and the United States
cold war
After the fall of communism, the Russian government adopted a
market economy
Today in Russia, political power
is divided between national and state governments
power made by creating a controlled atomic reaction
nuclear energy
Because Russia has notaddressed pollution
the population has grown less healthy
The largest number of Russians practice
Christianity
author of War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
farm laborors who could be bought and sold along wiht the land
serfs
government in which people freely elect their leaders
democracy
a country whose government has strong control over the economy and society
communist
farm laborer who could be bought and sold with the land
serf
relating to the countryside
rural
In the late 1400's Ivan III made Muscovy stronger when he drove out the
Mongols
people who share a common culture, language, or history
ethnic group
Who led the Russian Revolution in 1917?
Vladimir Lenin
Modern Russians descend from early groups of
Slavs
composer of the 1812 Overture
Peter Tchaikovsky
people who share a common language, cluture and history
ethnic group
The Cold War was
wated wiht the United States
wrote novels that revealed the harsh conditions of Communist society
Solzhenitsyn
In Russia's rural areas:
life is more of a struggle than in the cities
Muscovy slowly developed into the country we know today as
Siberia
About three-fourths of Russia's people live in
cities
About 90 percent of the people speak
Russian
ethnic group living in Chechnya in southern Russia
Chechens
people start and run businesses with little government intervention
free enterprise system
Each of the 15 republics that made up the Soviet Union declared independence in
1991
last leader of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorgachev
Russia's economy has moved from communism to a free enterprise system
1991
The religion of most Russians is
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
relating to a city
urban
Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Fyodor Sostoyevsky were famous Russian
writers
The leader who was in power during World War II was
Joseph Stalin

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