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292220785TranscaucasusA regions that consist of Amenia,Azerbaijan, and Georgia.0
292220786SiberiaThe extreme northeastern sector of Asia, including the Kamchatka Peninsula and the present Russian coast of the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Strait, and the Sea of Okhotsk.1
292220787Central asiaa region consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan2
292220788Baltic statesLatvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, three countries that border the Baltic Sea.3
292220789Ukrainea republic in southeastern Europe4
292220790Belarusa landlocked republic in eastern Europe5
292220791European Russiathe Russia that is part of Europe6
292220792Far easta popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)7
292220793Ural mountainsa mountain range in western Russia extending from the arctic to the Caspian Sea8
292220794Kamchatka peninsulaa peninsula in eastern Siberia9
292220795Volga riverthe longest river in europe and Russia's most important commercial river10
292220796North European plaina large fertile area that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains11
292220797West siberian plainworld's largest area of flatland located east of the Ural Mountains12
292220798Central Siberian plateaumade up of sharply demarcated surfaces of varying altitudes occupying most of Siberia between the Yenisei and Lena rivers13
292220799Turan plainAn extensive lowland in between the Caspian Sea and the mountains and uplands of Central Asia14
292220800Caspian seaa large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River15
292220801Lake baikalDeepest lake in the world. Holds 20% of earth's fresh water16
292220802Kuril islandsRussia took posession of the islands after the Russo-Japanese War but they are still in dispute.17
292220803Vladimir putinRussian statesman chosen as president of the Russian Federation in 200018
292220804Mikhail GorbachevSoviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms (born in 1931)19
292220805Glasnosta policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems20
292220806Perestroikaan economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union21
292220807Perestroikaan economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union22
292220808Democratizationthe spread of representative government to more countries and the process of making governments more representative23
292220809Boris yeltsinPresident of the Russian Republic in 1991. Helped end the USSR and force Gorbachev to resign.24
292220810Vladimir leninRussian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924)25
292220811Ussrthe union of soviet socialist republics, or soviet union, formed in 1922 by the communists and officially dissolved in 199126
292220812Joesph stalinBolshevik 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 (780)27
292220813Distance decayThe diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.28
292220814Russian mafiaA diverse group of organized crime syndicates originating in the former Soviet Union, Russia, and the CIS.29
293485098South ossetiaOssetia is split between Russia (north) and Georgia (south). Many ethnic Russians live in South Ossetia.30
293485099Abkhaziaan autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea31
293485100Nagorno-karabakhA mountainous area of Azerbaijan where Armenia and Azerbiajan faught32
293485101Exclavea part of a country that is seperated from the rest of the country and surrounded by foreign territory.33
293485102Trans-Siberian railroadrailroad that runs from Moscow to Vladivosto on the East coast and is the longest single rail line in the world34
293485103Karl marxfounder of modern communism35
293485104Silk roadan ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (4,000 miles)36
293485105Aral seaa lake east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan that has , lost 80% of water volume from irrigation projects37
293485106Chernobylnuclear power plant in Russia that had an explosion in 1986 & released radioactive materials into the air38

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