World Cultures Unit 5
When were the mongol invasions
1200-1300
What happened to USSR immediately after fall
15 independently republics
When was the Russian Revolution?
1917
When was the USSR established
1922
When was the cold war
1947-1991
When did USSR collapse?
1991
When was the first civilization in Russia
2000 bc
When was the Crimean crisis
2014-15
How long has the conflict between Russia and chechnya been
300 years
How much larger than the us is Russia and the republics
3x—1/6 of earths land surface
What percentage lives on Northern European plain
75%
When was state of Russia established
800s ad
What is a frozen conflict
Active armed conflict ended; no peace treaty made
Who has control over nagorno karabakh
Armenia currently
Who led Russian revolution
Bolsheviks
Largest inland sea in the world
Caspian Sea
What region saw the most conflict after fall
Caucasus (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan)
What is result of nagorno karabakh conflict
Ceasefire in 1994 and 1 million plus refugees
Resources
Coal iron oil and natural gas
What dominated in the fifteen republics immediately after fall of USSR
Conflict between ethnic and religious groups as they fought for sovereignty and control
What did Peter the Great do for Russia?
Czar that brought great economic progress in 1700s
What type of biome is Turkmenistan and uzbekistan
Desert
What did Stalin do immediately after WWII
Expanded into recently freed German territories
What happened to US after Stalin expanded
Feared spread of communism "Red scare"
Who led the mongol invasions
Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan
What is one example of a frozen conflict
Georgia and South Ossetia
Who assumed leadership in 1985
Gorbachev
Who began the decentralization of soviet republics
Gorbachev
Who established policies of glasnost and perestroika
Gorbachev
What religion dominated russia before WWII
Jews- largest in world before
What was Russia in relation to the fifteen newly established republics
Largest and most powerful
Why did Jews leave
Left to Israel/ US after persecution Some camps set up in russia during war
What did Ivan III do?
Made Moscow a great cultural center
What was the cold war
Military tension between us and Soviet Union over Russian expansion communism and threat of nuclear warfare
Where and by who was the state of Russia established
Modern day Kiev and vikings
What happened in 1500
Moscow rose as great cultural center
Nagorno-Karabakh
Mountainous region Armenia and Azerbaijan are fighting over
How many ethnic groups are present in russia
Over 185
What is result of Crimean crisis
Over 3000 casualties Annexation only legally recognized by Russia's few allies International community imposed sanctions on Russia still active
Sanction
Penalty imposed against another country involving trade barriers financial restrictions etc.
How did Crimean crisis begin
Protests began in Ukraine when gov't refused to sign agreement with European Union (EU) Russia stepped in and annexed Crimea
Where is chechnya
Region i n southwest russia
Where is the conflict is georgia focused
Region in South Ossetia
What is the art and architecture largely influenced by
Religion and combo of western and eastern styles
What happened after the great economic progress in 1700s
Remained behind western states even after industrialization
What does perestroika mean?
Restructuring
Who is Crimean crisis between
Russia and ukraine
What is the most common religion and what % practices
Russian orthodoxy (41%)
What was the Russian revolution
Series of revolutions that overthrew czar and established rule of vladimir lenin and communist party
Why is their conflict in georgia
South Ossetia wants independence
Who led USSR after lenin
Stalin
temperate grassland
Steppe
Socialist Realism
Style of realistic art developed in Soviet Union that glorifies work of middle class, elevate common worker, and glorifies their work for progress
Climate
Subarctic and humid continental
Largest biome on earth; cold forest south of tundra
Taiga
What is in the artic climate with very little vegetation
Tundra region
What does USSR stand for?
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Longest river on European continent
Volga
When did Stalin rule
WWII where he fought mostly on Ally side
What does glasnost mean?
openness
