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41 Cards in this Set
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first elected leader of the new CIS
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Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
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Pressured the West for financial aid & helped restore Russia's reputation(leader)
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Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
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Appoints Putin as Prime Minister (leader)
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Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
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Legacy: guiding Russia through democracy & reform (leader)
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Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
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Survived impeachment vote over Chechnya crisis on May 1999 (leader)
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Boris Yeltsin (1991-1999)
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Stated that he desires to maintain good relations with the west
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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Admits he cannot achieve Western style democracy & economy
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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Hard-line supporter of action against Chechen rebels
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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prosecuted Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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Won 2nd term by 70% majority
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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What event has stained relationship between Russia & Britain in Nov.,2006?
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Death of former KGB agent. accused that Putin poisoned him
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he has forced independent T.V. stations critical of the government off the air
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Vladimir Putin (2000-present)
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"Father of the USSR"
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Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
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studied Marx's "Communist Manifesto" (leader)
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Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
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led the Bolshevik Revolution with Leon Trotsky in 1917 (leader)
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Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
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Began the process of placing minorities in concentration camp (leader)
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Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
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Model for the 20th century dictator
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Vladimir Lenin (1917-1924)
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where dose the Lenin's Tomb located?
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Red Square, it houses the body ofLenin
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name means "man of steel" (leader)
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Joseph Stalin (1927-1953)
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Killed Trotsky (leader)
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Joseph Stalin (1927-1953)
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Pushed for rapid industrialization known as 5 year plans (leader)
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Joseph Stalin (1927-1953)
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he established the secret police (KGB) & the GULAG (prison system)
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Joseph Stalin (1927-1953)
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signed a treaty with the USA which further reduced nuclear arms (leader)
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Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991)
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Cut military spending (leader)
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Joseph Stalin (1927-1953)
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Glashost
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one of the two major reform policies. allowed for more open discussion (first sign of Freedom of Speech)
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Perestroika
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one of the two major reform policies. tried to restructure the economy of the USSR
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what was the problem for the two major reform policies?
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caused theethnic tension
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Nobel Prize winner in 1990 (leader)
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Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-1991)
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Religions of Central Asia
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Christianity & Islam
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what Rusiian republic is demanding for independence?
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Chechnya
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why is Chechnya important to Russia?
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Chechnya is rich in oil supplies
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Why has the Aral Sea lost about 80% of its water since 1960?
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irrigation from Cent. Asia's cotten fields diverted water away from the rivers that feed the lake
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what other environmental problems affected Aral Sea?
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Pesticides & fertilizers caused diseases & killed 24 spiecies of fish. the climate got dryer, too
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What would have to be done to save Aral Sea?
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have to remove 18 million acres that are now used for farming
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when and why did the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl occur?
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on April 28, 1986. the radiation level was too high
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why did Soviet officials waited 2 days before admitting the accident at Chernobyl?
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there was more than one reactant, Ukraine wanted to keep the power plant, & the government didn't have the will to shut down
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what disease has increased due to the radiation from Chernobyl?
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thyroid cancer
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what was the major goal of Soviet planning?
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rapid industrialization
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what were the result of 5 year plan?
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collective farms are created, industrial & agricultural production increased, caused famine
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why does it matter whether the Caspian is a sea or a lake?
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it decide how resources are divided amoung five countries
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what% of Russians lived below the poverty line at the end of the 1990s?
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40%
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