BJU Cultural Geography Ch 11

What mountain range divides European Russia from Asian Russia?

Glasnost means_________________.

Europe's longest river

Russia has a three branch government with equal power between them

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

Moscow is warmer than most European capitals.

Easternmost terminal of the Trans-Siberian Railroad

Leader of the 1917 revolution

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)?

What name describes the largest continuous forest on earth?

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

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

transition from government to private ownership of industry

The legislative branch of the Russian national government

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

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

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

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

Asian Russia is heavily populated and has large population centers.

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

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

Russia's greatest obstacle to democracy is probably its:

Under which czar during WW1 did Russia experience humiliating defeats?

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

The Soviets were poor stewards of their environmental resources.

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

Which is not a significant concern for modern Russia?

Boris Yeltsin was the first Russian President.

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