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36 Cards in this Set
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largest country that spans over 2 continents(asia, europe)
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Russia
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seperates europe and asia
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Ural mountains
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lies between black and caspian sea
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caucasus mountains
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southeastern edge of sibera
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centeral siberian plateau
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highest population density(chernozem)
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north european plain
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largest plain in world
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west siberian plain
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provides warm water to russia
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black sea
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largest body of water on land
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caspian sea
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most imporatant-main
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volga river
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fossil fules, nickle,coal
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russia natural resources
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most fertail land in russia
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black earth belt
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most of russias climite
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subartic
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russias north european plain snowy winters mild summers
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humid continental
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between black and caspian sea dry cold winter dry summers
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steppe
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75% in siberia
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forest land
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russia
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ethnic groups
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ussr
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soviet era
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the year soviet era fell
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1991
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siberian rivers
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lena&ob river
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80% of the populations ethnic
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russian
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rich soil, water sources, mild climate
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reasons tolive in western russia
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russias capital
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moscow
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offical language
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russian
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religious affiliation
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russian orthodox
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second largest religion
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islam
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persecuted through pogroms
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judism
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near the caspain sea
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buddhits
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exceeded the birth rate
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negitive population growth
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often live together
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extended family
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first czar of russia
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ivan the great
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wanted to modernized russia capital on ballic sea st petersburg
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peter the great
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loctaed on the ballic sea
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st petersburg
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first commionust
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vladumir lenin
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russia 1999
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mikhail gorbachev
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persident of commist in 1985
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vladimir putin
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commist leader
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joseph stalin
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