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12 Cards in this Set
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formal capital of Russia
provided access by sea to western Europe |
St.Petersburg
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mountainous area in Azerbaijan now controlled by Armenia
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Nagornokarabakh
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traditional dinner party in ther republic of Georgia
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supra
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struggle between Russia and Great Britain for the control of Central Asia
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Great Game
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largest forest on Earth
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taiga
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region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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Transcaucasia
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Part of Russia that lies on the continent of Asia
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siberia
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portable tent of felt stretched around a wooden frame
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yurt
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region that straddles the Caucasus Mountains
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Caucasus
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republic of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia
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Baltic Republic
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region that includes the republic of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Centrsl Asia
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tension between the U.S and the Soviet Union that began after WWII
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Cold War
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