Russia World Geography
Review ethnic group slide
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russia is a multiethnic group
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how many time zones are in russia
11
soviet union was voted out of existence and replace by ------ independent countries
15
decline of tartar power in the ------ century
15th
the russian empire was from the ---- century to the ---- century
15th 20th
---- million soviet lives lost fighting
20
turkey and armenia established diplomatic relations in ------
2009
Russia possesses what percent of the world's known natural gas reserves?
23
Russia's population is near the lowest at ---------
240 million
Mission efforts of the eastern orthodox in --------
989ad
Russia is divided into two larger regions of the globe known as
European Russia and Asiatic Russia
The EU and U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia for its annexation of Crimea and fueling a war in Ukraine after what incident happened?
Rebels friendly to Russia shot down a plan with many Dutch citizens aboard
The Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire gave what religion to Russia?
The Eastern Orthodox
------ sea is shrinking
aral
----------- genocide resulted in deaths of around 1.5 million between 1915 and 1918
armenian
there has been a history of animosity between ---------- and --------
armenians turks
russia has had a conflict with all these but
austria
the ---------- sea ---------sea and sea of -------- is the only way to warm water ports
baltic black japan
kievan rus accepted christian faith from ------------
byzantines
the ---------- mountains are geologically active
caucasus
during the 19th and early 20th century russian tsars annexed regions including the ----------------
caucasus mountains
in 1986 a nuclear power plant exploded ------------
chernobyl
bolshevik faction of communist party seized control. ----------- breaks out
civil war
yeltsins economic shock therapy was a rapid transition form -------- economy to --------
command capitalism
kievan rus' close contact with -----------
constantinople
west of the ural mountains is --------------- and east is ---------
european russia asian russia
russia has vast -----. ----- is 20% land area
evergreens Taiga
USSR allied with --------- and ---------- vs germany in wwII
france britain
second russian revolution in 1990s demands for new -------- and greater -------. Collapse of the economy
freedoms autonomy
Historically, Russia has many peoples of this religion living in their Asia regions.
islam
1.8% growth rate in ---------- countries and .4% loss in -------, -------, and -------
islamic central asian russia ukraine belarus
who were some of the russian tsars
ivan the great ivan the terrible peter the great catherine the great
rise of ------ beginning in the 9th century
kiev
Russia is the largest ---------- of any one world region. It has an area of ---------- square miles
land area 8.5 million
the bolshevik revolution was led by -------------
lenin
twice as many armenians live outside armenia than live in it like in ---------
los angels
------------ application of economic ad social ideas of German philosipher Karl Marx
marxism
----------- is the highest mountain in caucaus
mt elbrus
the russian revolution overthrew ------------- the last of the romanov tsars
nicholas II
did the soviet union cure pollution and preserve the enviroment
no
was russification successful
no
putin seizes control and his oligarchy economy exports ----- and ----- to flood russia with wealth. Profits were invested into manufacturing and high tech industries
oil gas
Russia has been able to build up and rely on this sector of their economy:
oil and natural gas
In the early 2000s, Russia suffered from economic decline in their transition to capitalism. What one area of the economy prospered and grew?
oil, natural gas
---------------- revolution occured when president yushchenko was elected and russia cut natural gas supplies to ukraine
orange
russia expanded west at the expense of --------
poland
Communism in Russia brought what economic change?
rapid forced industrialization
russia believed it was the third ------
rome
West Siberian Plain has ------- moving rivers. is ------- year round can get to -68 degreed in the winter 10 mont winter 2 month summer
slow cold
rivers in the east european plan move ------- and its ---------
slowly swampy
establishment of the --------- in 1922
soviet union
Russian Siberia is characterized by
sparse settlement little economic activity
peter the great built a european style city called ------------- it was finished in the --------
st. petersburg 1720s
Russian history/culture:
the slavs are a distinctive language group rise of russia the tsars(kings) peter the great russian expansion ww1 russian revolution and communim ww2 cold war collapse of communism and emergence of capitalism
----------- is ethnically divided
ukraine
what is the oldest and longest mountain in Russia
ural mountains
slavic tribes came under the influence of -------- adventurers known as ------ or -----------
viking rus varangians
western leaning ukranians live ------ and russian leaning live---------
west east
---------- is the catalyst for russian revolution
ww1
