BJU Cultural Geography Ch 11

the Russian port on the Baltic Sea that is a former German city

What religion is the most common among ethnic Russians?

What kind of leadership did Lenin initiate with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R)?

Under which czar during WW1 did Russia experience humiliating defeats?

Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President.

Russia's Lake Baikal provides access to the ocean and year-round world trade.

Leader of the 1917 revolution

Europe's longest river

the "restructuring" reforms Gorbachev created to institute free-market policies and some private-ownership of property

The Soviets were poor stewards of their environmental resources.

This leader increased the power of the president and moved Russia back toward a more central government.

Chernozem is the rich soil of Russia's European Plain region

Russia has a three branch government with equal power between them

Who became the dictator of Russia after the leader of the 1917 revolution died?

Asian Russia is heavily populated and has large population centers.

Which is not a significant concern for modern Russia?

What was the title of Russian leaders before the Russian Revolution in 1917?

transition from government to private ownership of industry

Russian political unit similar to a state or province is a(an)

Russia's twenty-one self governing areas where most of the population, power, and status reside are called..

Easternmost terminal of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

What name describes the largest continuous forest on earth?

Russia and the other former Soviet republics formed the Commonwealth of Independent States after the fall of communism.

In area, Russia is the largest country in the world.

the name of the post-World War II period of tension between Russia and America

Glasnost means_________________.

The legislative branch of the Russian national government

Moscow is warmer than most European capitals.

Russia's greatest obstacle to democracy is probably its:

What mountain range divides European Russia from Asian Russia?