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20 Cards in this Set
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Ural Mountains |
Mountain Range where Europe and Asia Meet |
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Caspian Sea |
the world's largest inland sea, borders the Caucasus Mounains |
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Caucasus Mountains |
mountain range which forms the Caucasus region's northern border with Russia |
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Moscow |
Russia's Capital |
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Siberia |
a vast region in Russia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean |
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Volga River |
the longest river in Europe, located in Western Russia |
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taiga |
a forest mainly evergreen trees covering much of Russia |
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Kiev |
early center of Russia, now the capital of Ukraine |
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Cycrillic |
a form of the Greek alphabet |
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czar |
empror |
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Bolsheviks |
Communist Group that seized power during the Russian revolution |
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gulgags |
Soviet Labor camps |
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dachas |
Russian country houses |
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St. Petersburg |
city founded by Peter the Great and styled after those of Western Europe |
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smelters |
factories that produce metal ores |
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Trans-Siberian Railroad |
the longest single rail line in the world, running from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast |
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Chechnya |
a Russian republic in the Caucasus Mountains, an area of the ethnic conflict |
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Tbilisi |
The capital of Georgia
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Yerevan |
The capital of Aremnia |
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Baku |
The capital of Azerbaijan, center of a large oil-refining industry |
