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24 Cards in this Set
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Kiev |
ukraine |
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moscow |
russia |
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baku |
azerbaijan |
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minsk |
belarus |
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smelters |
factories that produce metal ores |
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abdicate |
resign as monarch |
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gulag |
network of labor camps in the old soviet union |
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taiga |
forest region composed of evergreen trees |
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shatter belt |
zone of frequent boundary changes and conflicts |
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world's largest country in area |
Russia |
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part of Russia located east of Ural Mountains |
Siberia |
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world's largest lake |
Caspian Sea |
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first czar of Russia |
Ivan the terrible |
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farmers bound to the land |
serfs |
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most precious natural resource in Central Asia |
water |
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main religion of Russia |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
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most important transportation link |
Trans-siberian railroad |
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"venice" of the north |
St. Petersburg
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took over control of Soviet Union after Lenin |
Joseph Stalin |
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1986 nuclear power plant disaster in Ukraine |
Chernobyl |
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trade route to China |
Silk Road |
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many swamps and marshes called white russians |
belarus |
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first leader of Soviet Union |
Vladimir Lenin |
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economic/political war between USA and USSR between WWII and 1991 |
Cold War |
