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Term | Definition |
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chernozem | The rich black topsoil found mostly in Russia and Ukraine. |
transcaucasia | A region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia; located between the Caucasus Mountains and the borders of Turkey and Iran. |
siberia | A region of central and eastern Russia, stretching from the Ural mountains to the pacific ocean, known for its mineral resources and for being a place of political exile. |
central asia | A region consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan |
ural mountains | This north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia. |
eurasia | The land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia |
continentality | The effect of distance from the moderating influence of the sea on climate |
taiga | A forest of evergreen trees growing south of the tundra in Russia |
runoff | Rainfall not absorbed by the soil that runs into streams and rivers |
trans siberian railroad | Eventually it will link Moscow to the Pacific port of Vladivostok |
Baltic Republics | The countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea |
Czar | The emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725 was Peter the Great |
Russian Revolution | The revolt of 1917, in which the Russian Communist Party, led by V.I. Lenin, took control of the government from the czars |
USSR | The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union, formed in 1922 by the communists and officially dissolved in 1991 |
Cold War | The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, called "cold" because it never escalated into open warfare |
Command Economy | One in which the central government makes all important economic decisions, also called planned economy |
Collective Farms | An enormous farm in the soviet Union on which a large team of laborers were gathered to work together during Joseph Stalin's Reign |
Red army | The name of the Soviet military |
Yurts | A tent of Central Asia's nomads |
Nomads | Are people that have no permanent homes |
Great Game | A struggle between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for control of Central Asia in the 19th Century |
Silk Road | The 4,000-mile route between China and the Mediterranean Sea, named for the costly silk acquired in China |
Supra | Georgian (Russian) term of dinner party, with many dishes and courses, toasts, and short speeches |
caucausus | a region that straddles the Caucasus Mountains and stretches between the Black and Caspian seas. |
chechnya | one of the republics that remains a part of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union despite independence movement s and violent upheaval. |
nagorno karabakh | the mountainous area of Azerbaijan, fought over by Armenia and Azerbaijan. |
privatization | the selling of government-owned business to private citizens. |
distance decay | a term referring to the concept that increasing distances between places tend to reduce interactions among them. |