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| Term used to refer to a single continent made up of Europe & Asia |
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| A north-south mountain range that forms the border between Europe & Asia |
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| A treeless plain around the Arctic Ocean; in Russia, located in the far north |
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| a vast forest in Russia that lies south of the tundra |
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| a grassy plain; in Russia, this area lies south of the taiga |
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| ground that is frozen throughout the year |
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| title for the rulers of Russia from the mid=1500s to the early 1900s |
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| a group of revolutionaries who took control of the Russian government in 1917 |
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9. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union) |
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| a new nation with a Communist government created by the Bolsheviks in 1922; dissolved in 1991 |
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| a government that controls public and private life |
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| a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II that never developed into open warfare |
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| the official writing system of Russia |
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| information that deliberately tries to influence opinion |
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| a largely Islamic republic in southwestern Russia that continues to fight for its independence |
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| an economic system in which the production of goods and services is controlled by a central government |
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| an economic system in which the production of goods and services is decided by the supply and demand of consumers |
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| the process of selling government-owned businesses to private individuals |
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| term applied to Yeltsin's economic plan, which called for an abrupt shift from a command economy to a market economy |
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| a region between the Black and Caspian seas that contains the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan & Georgia |
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a region that contains the republics of Kazakhsta,
Krygyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan |
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| completely surrounded by land |
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| the process of making a culture more Russian |
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| a portable, tent-like structure used by the nomads of Central Asia |
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24. foreign investment |
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| money put into a business by people from another country |
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