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Holt Chapter 16
Russia and the Caucasus
Term | Definition |
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Ural Mountains | stand here and be in two continents at once (Europe and Asia) |
Caspian Sea | east of the Caucasus Mountains |
Caucasus Mountains | between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea |
Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan | south of western Russia |
Moscow | Russia's capital city |
Siberia | area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean |
Kamchatka | a peninsula in the far east of Russia |
Volga | longest river in Europe, empties into Caspian Sea |
taiga | vast forest of evergreen trees |
Kiev | capital city of Ukraine |
Cyrillic | a form of the Greek alphabet |
czar | an emporer |
Bolsheviks | a radical Russian Communist group |
gulags | harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia |
dachas | Russian country houses |
St. Petersburg | formerly Russia's capital city, styled after Western cities, port city on Gulf of Finland |
smelters | factories that produce metal ores |
Trans-Siberian Railroad | runs from Moscow to Vladivostok, longest in the world |
Chechnya | Muslin area of major ethnic conflict |
Tbilisi | capital city of Georgia |
Yerevan | capital city of Armenia |
Baku | capital city of Azerbaijan |