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- 1The break away republic that has caused trouble for Russia since 1991 isChechnya
- 2The Volga-Baltic waterway provides ships access to which city and beyond?Murmansk
- 3The highest mountain along the southern border of Russia is Mount?Elbrus
- 4The vast grasslands of Russia in the black earth region are called theSteppes
- 5Which mountain range divides european Russia from astir Russia?Ural
- 6Who was Yeltsin's successor as the Russian president?Vladimir Putin
- 7What did the Communists Extend to separate their european spoils in world war 2 from those of the free countries of western europe?Iron curtain
- 8What is the name of the massive fortress in moscow that represents russian political power and influence?Kremlin
- 9Russia's Key port at the mouth of the don river isRoatov
- 10T/F In area, russia is the largest country in the worldtrue
- 11Russia's greatest handicap is arguably itsSoviet Past
- 12Another name for russia during the period of communist rule was theSoviet Union
- 13What fraction of the world's land area does Russia cover?one-tenth
- 14The second most important river in russia is theDon river
- 15What was the name given to the post-world war II period of tension between the russians and the countries of the free world?Cold war
- 16After the leader of the 1917 revolution died, who became the dictator of Russia?Stalin
- 17What trem is used to refer to the rulers of russia from 1547 to 1917?Czar
- 18The Russian ruler responsible for reforms that led eventually to the fall of the soviet empire wasGorbachev
- 19Which Russian city was known as Stalingrad during the soviet era?Volgograd
- 20A major concern of russia today iscrime
- 21Instead of vice president russia's executive branch has apremier
- 22The Russian political unit roughly equivalent to a state in the united states is called theFederation Assembly
- 23Russia has twenty-one self-govering areas calledAutonomus republic
- 24What name is given to the great conifers forests of siberiaTaiga
- 25What is the name of the railroad that links the scattered population centers of asiatic russia?Trans-sibreian railway
- 26Which city is russia's primary pacific port?Vladivostok
- 27The deepest lake in the world isLake Baykal
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