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