Russia

How many D climates are in Russia?

7

Which of these 6 countries is likely to maintain close ties to russia?

Belarus and Ukraine

Name the six countries that were soviet republics

Belarus, estonia, latvia, lithuania, moldova, ukraine

What 3 seas from the eastern boundary of russia?

Bering sea, sea of okhotsk, sea of japan

Name the 5 countries of turkestan, the central aisan republics of the former soviet union

Kazakhstan, Krygyhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

What was a smaller collective farm called?

Kolkhoz

Name the 2 major areas of iron deposits in Russia

Kursk magnetic anomaly and Magetogorsk

How large is the land area of Siberia?

Larger than the USA

What is the major function of the middle and lower Volga river?

Link the 3 seas, Caspian, Black, etc

What has happened to the 6 western republics of the former soviet union?

Looking to the west to improve their socioeconomic status

Name the 4 citieseach with over 1 million in population

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ivanovo, Nizhniy-Novgorod

What direction do the irytsh, lena, ob, and yenisey gernerally flow?

North

List the 10 countries, 3 in northern europe, and 7 in eastern europe that share a border with Russia.

North- Finland, Norway, Estonia South- Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, ukraine

What city in the Kuzbas area manufactures railroad equiptment and aluminum products?

Novokuznetsk

/name the Kuzbas Leading city located at the intersection of the ob river and the trans siberian railroad

Novosibirsk

List the 3 steps of russification

Subjugation, Acculturation, Relocation(Migration/Deportation)

What do Russians call their large coniferous forest?

Taiga

What has happened in the former soviet republics to the south?

They face uncertain futures with war and conflict

What is one of the oldest russian towns?

Tomsk

City of big fiat plant?

Tychy, Poland

List some cultural, lingusistic, and religious groups that had not been russiefied by 1917

Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Tatars, Central asia, Soviet socialist Republics

Russia is currently divided into how many republics?

25

what direction do the dnieper, don, volga, and ural genrally flow in?

South

What was a huge state-runsoviet farm called?

Sovkhoz

Approximately how many nationalites were within the soviet population?

108

Briefly describe the basic phiosophy of the bolsheviks towards the many nationalities

108 ethnic groups would be represented by soviet socialist republics

What is the current population of Russia?

140 million

How many soviet republics were there?

15

Approximately how many people live in Siberia?

15 million

What pecent of the soviet unions land area was russia?

77%

Name the 8 countires that syretch along russia's southern boundary

Azerbiajian, china, georgia, iran, mongolia, north korea, turkmenistan, turkey

List the climates of russia

BSk, Cfa, Dfa, Dfb, Dfc, Dfd, Dwb, Dwc, Dwd, ET, and H

List the 3 autonomous regions of Georgia

Abkhazia, Adjara, South Ossetia

Give the 2 main objectives of soviet planners

Accelerate and industrailize, and Collectivize agriculture

Name the 3 major rivers of the eastern highlnads and the far east

Amur, Kolyma, ussuri

What makes the Ural region a natural for industrial development?

An enormous storehouse for metallic mineral resources

Where is Trancaucasia located?

Armenia

Name the 3 countries of Tanscaucasia

Armenia, Azerbiajian, Georgia

What countries are located in Transcaucasia?

Armenia, Georgia, Azerbiajian

Name the political capital of each country in Transcaucasia

Armenia- Yerevan, Georgia- Tbilsi, Azerbaijian- Baku

What is the northern boundary of Russia?

Artic ocean

Which country in Transcaucasia has a huge oil and natural gas reserve?

Azerbaijian

What does BAM represent?

Baikal-Amur Mainline

What is a major city supported by a number of yenisey river dams and hydroelectric power in the lake Baykal area?

Bratsk

Name the 4 major coalfields in Russia

Bureya River, Komi region, Kuzbas, and Moscow Basin

List the religious preference expressed by most people living in each country

Christian and muslim in Azerbiajian

The kuzbas originally swapped ______for ______ with the Urals.

Coal for Iron ore

List the 5 major signs, showing by 1985, that the soviet economic, political, and social systems were coming apart

Costly military debacle, Soviet arms build-up unaffordable, Food imports increasingly costly, Democracy stirring in east europe, Breakdown of soviet infrastructure

Name the 3 major rivers of the russian core

Dnieper, Don, Volga

What natural phenomenon frequently wreaks havoc on Armenia?

Earthquakes

What were some incentives offered by the soviet government to promote eastward migration?

Financing and housing incentives, Higher salaries, Better housing

Give the acronym for the national planning comission

GOSPLAN

Give at least 7 resources of Siberia

Gold, Diamonds, fur, iron, bauxite, oil, natural gas, timber, hydroelectricity

How has the Urals regions energy problem been relieved?

Hydroelectric power

How have siberian rivers been put to use?

Hydroelectric power

Name the principle service center near the southern end of lake Baykal

Irkutsk

Now the kuzbas has its own source of ______.

Iron ore

Name the 4 major rivers of Siberia, and the Yakutsk Basin

Irtysh, Lena, Ob, Yenisey

Whose philosophies did Lenin bring to Russia?

Karl Marx

Who is the current president of Russia?

Putin

What major coalfield lies in the Russian transition zone?

Qaraghandy in Kazakhstan

What was considered the nucleus of the soviet union?

Russia

With whom do the Azerbaijian's share a link, and what is the link?

Russia and georgia, oil pipelines

What language was taught in the schools of all the republics?

Russian

What is the region of short prairie grass called?

Russian Steppe

Name the 4 main regions or subdivisions of russia

Russian core(europe), Siberia(asia), Far East(Europe), Southeastern Frontier(Asia)

List the 8 physiographic regions of russia

Russian plain, Ural mountains, West siberian plain(worlds largest), Yakutsk Basin, Central Siberian Plain, Eastern Highlands, Central asian ranges, Caucasus mountains

The bolshevik leader talked about what?

The right to self-determination for the nationalities

How succesful were the soviet planners in achieving their objectives?

They achieved significant economic progress

How have some of these same rivers not been used?

Uninhabited areas

Which major river flows from the Ural mountains?

Ural or Volga

List at least 5 ways in which siberia symbolizes the enviromental plight of Russia

Vast distances, Cold temps, Difficult terrain, Poor soil, Limited options for survival

Who was the political and economic architect of the Bolshevik Revolution?

Vladamir Lenin

Name the 11 oil and natural gas regions in Russia

Volga-Urals(Romoskikino), West siberia(Samotlor), Baltic, Barrents sea, Central asia(Turkmenistan), East Siberia, Kara Sea, Lena-Tunguska, North Caspian(Kazakhstan), North Caucasus, Sakhalin, Timan-Pechora, Trans-Caucasus, Ukraine

Define glasnost

openess

define perestroika

restructuring