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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 Mountains |
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Caucasus Mountains |
the 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 |
emperor |
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bolsheviks |
communist group that seized power during the Russian Revolution |
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gulags |
Soviet labor camps |
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dachas |
russian country houses |
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St. Petersburg |
city founded by Perter the Great and styled after those of the 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 |
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Chechnya |
a russian republic in the Caucasus Moutainsan area of ethnic conflict |
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Tbilisi |
capital of Georgia |
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Yerevan |
capital of Armenia |
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Baku |
capital of Azerbaijan and the center of a large oil refinery industry |
