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When did the Soviet Union begin?
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The Soviet Union began in 1921
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What was the main goal of the soviet Communist government?
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The main goal was creating a Communist cultures focused on the state.
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What rights did the Soviet government try to control?
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They controlled all economic and political decisions
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In what year did the Soviet Union collapse?
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The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991
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What are the four climate regions that dominate the region?
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The four climate regions are:
cold subartic dry steppe desert humid continental |
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The former Soviet Union is organized into how many countries now?
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There are now 15 countries in what used to be the Soviet Union
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How many metropolitan areas in the region have more than 2 million inhabitants?
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There are four metropolitan areas with more than 2 million inhabitants
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What are the two largest metropolitan areas in the region?
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Moscow and St. Petersburg are the two largest metropolitan regions
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Which republics have metropolitan areas with populations of more than2 million?
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Yekaterinburg
Chelyabinsk Omsk Almaty Toshkent Novosibirsk |
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Where does the word Russia come from?
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Russia comes from the Vikings of Scandanavia who called themselves Roos.
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From where does the word czar come from and what does it mean?
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The word czar came from Latin word for Caesar and it means Emperor
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Who ruled in Russia from 1682 to 1725?
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Czar Peter the Great ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725.
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In the late 1800s what percentage of the Russians were peasants?
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85% of the Russians were peasants in the late 1800s.
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Who led the Bolsheviks effort to remake Russia?
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V. I. Lenin was the Bolshevik's leader trying to remake Russia.
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What is the other name for a governing council?
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The other name for a governing council is soviet.
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Who took power in the Soviet Union following Lenin's death?
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Joseph Stalin took power in the Soviet Union following Lenin's death.
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The land area of the Soviet Union stretches from the Artic Sea south to the mountains of ____ and east from the Baltic Sea to the ______?
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The land area of the Soviet Union stretches from the Arctic Sea south to the mountains of Iran and east from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean.
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What became strictly imited in the Soviet Union?
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Personal freedom was strictly limited in the Soviet Union
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By the 1980s about what percentage of the Soviet people could read and write?
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By the 1980s only 25% of the Soviet people could read and write.
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What was the area of Soviet education that was stressed?
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Science and technology was stressed in education because it increased Soviet production.
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What is a client state?
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A client state is a country that is politically, economically or militarily dependent on a more powerful country.
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Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union?
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The last leader of the Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev.
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What is the Russian word for openness?
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The Russian word for openness is glasnost.
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What is the Russian word for restructuring?
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The Russian word for restructuring is perestroika.
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After the Soviet Union broke apart, what became its new name?
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The new name of the Soviet Union is
Commonwealth of Independent States |
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Who was the first democratically elected president of Russia?
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The first democratically elected president of Russia was Boris Yeltsin.
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Why did the Soviet Union have little concern for the environment?
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The Soviet Union felt pressured to produce more and more and as soon as possible. Therefore, they didn't have time to be bothered with environmental pollution or preserving the environment.
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