9 Cultural Geography Ch 11

Easternmost terminal of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

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

The legislative branch of the Russian national government

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

Europe's longest river

Moscow is warmer than most European capitals.

Which is not a significant concern for modern Russia?

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

Russia has a three branch government with equal power between them

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

Russia's greatest obstacle to democracy is probably its:

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

Asian Russia is heavily populated and has large population centers.

Glasnost means_________________.

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

Leader of the 1917 revolution

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

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

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

What religion is the most common among ethnic Russians?

What name describes the largest continuous forest on earth?

Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President.

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

Under which czar during WW1 did Russia experience humiliating defeats?

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

transition from government to private ownership of industry

The Soviets were poor stewards of their environmental resources.

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

What mountain range divides European Russia from Asian Russia?