Unit 05- Empire and Ethnicity: Russia and the Eurasian Republics

What railway connects Siberia to western Russia?

Trans-Siberian Railway

Soviet Union Dominant Religion

The countries objective was the elimination of existing religion, and the prevention of future implanting of religious belief.

What does USSR stand for?

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Created by Lenin in 1922.

Cultural patterns of the Soviet Union

-1927 and 1953 the establishment of Stalinism -He transformed Soviet society with aggressive economic planning, in particular a sweeping collectivization of agriculture and rapid development of heavy industry. -Stalin consolidated all the countries power and made himself the dominate leader.

European Plain

A vast, flat area stretching from France's coast to the Ural Mountains in Russia. 75% of the population lives here and contains much of Russia's agriculture and industry

What ocean is north of Russia?

Arctic Ocean

What modern countries were once controlled by the Soviet Union?

Armenia Moldova Estonia Latvia Lithuania Georgia Azerbaijan Tajikistan Kyrgyzstan Belarus Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Kazakhstan Russia

Joseph Stalin

Bolshevik revolutionary, head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953. He led the Soviet Union with an iron fist, using Five-Year Plans to increase industrial production and terror to crush opposition

Moscow

Capital of Russia

Lake Baikal

Deepest LAKE in the world. This lake holds more water than all 5 of the Great Lakes combined!

Biggest ethic group in Russia

Ethnic Slavs

Continents Russia is on-

Europe and Asia

Russian Federation

Formal name of Russia, ruled by a few although the central government still has the most power.

Caucuses Mountains

Frontier between Russian and Persian cultures

What are the factors of production?

Land, labor, capital ($$), and entrepreneurs; the resources that are used to make all goods and services

Volga River

Longest River in Europe. Very important to Russia.

ethnicity

People of the same race or nationality that share a distinctive culture

Biggest export of Russia

Petroleum oil

The USSR formed what type of government?

Socialist form of government

The Size of the Russian Empire

Stretched from Eastern Europe east to the Pacific Ocean, slow to industrialize despite huge potential. Largest in the world.

East of the Ural Mountains, under the Tundra and is the Asian side of Russia known as

Taiga: South of the tundra -World's largest evergreen forest, 4,000 miles long and 1,000 to 2,000 miles wide -not many people live here

Siberia

The Eastern part of Russia (in Asia) is VERY cold due to the higher elevation (mountains). The permanently frozen lower layers of soil are called permafrost, and cover 40% of Russia.

Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountain range divides the western part of Russia (which is in Europe) from the eastern part of Russia (which is in Asia) and a dividing line between Europe and Asia

command economy

economy in which the government controls all production and distribution of goods and services

socialist economy

economy in which the government owns and operates large-scale companies for the benefit of the public

Most conflicts in Russia are due to-

ethnic groups

subsistence farming

farming in which only enough food to feed the farmers's family is produced but not enough for sale

Prime Minister

head of government, Russia has Putin

Where is most of the agriculture and industry located in Russia?

in the Plains region due to rich soil and ports.

propaganda

the distribution and censorship of written and visual materials that convey a particular message