Central Asia

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A major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea.

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The Ob

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Flows through central Russia it is the largest river in Europe.

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The Volga

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A mountain rage that runs through Europe and is considered the natural boundary between Europe and Asia.

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The Urals

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A policy of economic reforms and restructuring preformed in the U.S.S.R just before its break up.

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Perestroika

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The policy of open discussion promoted in the Soviet Union shortly before its break up.

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Glasnost

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Officially occurring on December 25, 1991, it is the dissolution of the worlds first and largest Communist state ending the Cold wat

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Collapse of the Soviet Union

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An extensive geographical region constituting almost all of North Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation.

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Siberia

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The huge forest region, located just south of the tundra, of tall, evergreen needle-leaf trees.

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Taiga

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A series of revolutions in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist Monarchy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union

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Russian Revolution

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A short 1848 publication written by the political theorists Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. It has since been recognized as one of the worlds most influential political manuscripts.

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The Communist Manifesto

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An economic system in which private ownership has been stopped and the means of production and survival is shared equally by the people.

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Communism

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The city is located on the Neva River and has changed names 3 times other the last century. It is the second largest city in Russia.

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St. Petersburg

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The largest city in Russia and its capital city.

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Moscow

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The current official name of Russia that has a federation government.

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Russia Federation

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Was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist who wrote the world changing Communist Manifesto.

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Karl Marx

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They consider the Catholic and Protestant churches to be incorrect in some teachings, including the relations between the persons of the Trinity.

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Orthodox Christian.