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The - mountains are apart of alpine system that dominates in the south

Carpathian, Balkan, and dinaric

Easy Europe has - topography

Krast

Krast topography =

Caves, sinkhole, underground rivers, rocky

Carpathian mountains separated by -

Basins

The - form climate barrier between - climate of Danube river valley and - climate south of mountains

Balkan ; continental; transitional

- occupy lowlands to north of Carpathian mountains

Plains

The- links trade with north and black sea, apart of Roman Empire, and through- countries

Danube river ; 9

Eastern Europe has - climate , and black sea has - climate

Hc ; hc and hs

The - make Danube region

Carpathian, Balkan, and Hungarian plain

- use Danube to make hydroelctrity because -

Romania and Latvia ; lack of other energy resources

Poland is famous for - aka -

Amber ; Baltic gold

Most people live around - in eastern Europe

Hungarian plain

Russia has two mountain ranges

Ural and Caucasus

- form barrier between- Russia And - Russia

Ural ; European; Siberian

Russian highest peaks = - in - mountains

Elbrus ; Caucasus

Southern part of - has water ways and rich Soil called -

Northern European plain ; chernozem

_ is huge low-lying land that has harsh continental climate

Siberian plain

The - river is important in Russia for -,-,&-

Commercial, transport, hydroelectric

Russia's abundant resources are in -

Remote locations = Siberia

Russia's resources =

Borreal forest (1/5 of forest)


Coal, oil, natural gas


Leading in Nickle w/ aluminum, gems


Hydroelectric

Top 3 religions in Easter Europe

Orthodox


Roman Catholic


Islam

Largest ethnic group.in eastern europe.

Slavic

9 Presidents in order of Russia

Lenin


Stalin,


Khrushchev


Brezhnev


Gorbachev


Yetsin


Putin


Medvedev


Putin


Leader of violent group of Russians who overthrew gov in -

Lenin : 1917

United nations which became -

Lenin ; ussr

Created 5 yr plans to industrialize

Stalin

Stopped all opposition and deaths tool = -

Stalin ; 30 mill

Started space program

Khrushchev

Started deployment of nuclear missiles in- ; because known as -

Khrushchev ; Cuba; Cuban missile crisis

Strengthen iron curtain aka - in -

Khrushchev ; Berlin wall ; 1961

Ceded Crimea to -

Khrushchev ; Ukraine

Made decision to invade Afghanistan in - (what was happening in Afghan)

Brezhnev ; 1979 ; unpopular comm regime struggled to hold power

SU had right to interfere with internal.stuggle of satellite nations

Brezhnev

Glasnost =

Openness

Perestroika

Reconstruct economy

Demonkratizatsia

Democracy

Intored glasnost, perestroika, and demonkratizatsia in Russia to monderize communism

Gorbachev

Attempts of reform ended - and caused -

Gorbachev ; end of ussr aka 15 countries splitting

Gorbachev received nobel prize in -

1990

Top priority was acceleration of economic reconstruct with gov overseeing privatization

Yeltsin

Economy failed with inflation in - term(s)

Yeltsin

First republically elected of Russia

Yeltsin

Decentralization if power ; erosion of democratic institutions

Putin

Did everything Putin wanted

Medvedev

Removed term limites.

Medvedev

Pres of Belarus ; is a -

Lukashenko ; dictator

Prez of Ukraine ; dealing with -

Poroshenko ; Crimea

Lenin terms

17-24

Stalin terms

24-53

Khrushchev terms

53-64

Brezhnev terms

64-82

Gorbachev terms

85-91

Yeltsin terms

91-99

Putin terms

99-008 ; 12-today

Medvedev terms

008- 12

Russian rev ended - and was lead by - and happened - with the goal of -

Monarchy ; Lenin; 1917 ; equality

Ideological war with west -

Cold war

Collapse of USSR in - and resulted in - and is still -

1991 ; 15 countries , improve economy; in Ukraine

Pop stage if Russia

Stage 5

80% of pop of Russia live - with high pop density in -

West if Ural ; Moscow

Gov pay couples to - in Russia because-

Make families ; again pop

In 1991, - increased in pop in Russia due to -

Death and slow growth; having to pay for health

- religion in Russian core and - in west

Russian orthodox ; r. Ortho and Catholic

#1 culture in Russia

Slavic

People say they're atheist because -

Russian gov promted it and hated diff ethnic

Women roles shifted from - to - in Russia

Industrial to service

Edu. In Soviet Russia had -

Balanced curriculum

After 1991, - was allowed and - was legalized in 2001

Privatization; sale if land

Lots of - in Russia

Corruption and organized crime

Fertile triangle = -

W. Russia to Ukraine

Ukraine is - to Russia

Strategic port for agriculture

Russia has - railroad

Trans Siberian

Russia has - zones with caused - to drop

Special economic zones ; prices

Ethnic cleansing and who

Killing of a ethnic group, Bosnian Croat and Muslims affects most, but everyone was effected