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WorGeo Russia
Term | Definition |
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Tundra | a flat, treeless Arctic region in which the subsoil is permanently frozen |
Permafrost | thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions |
Steppe | a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia |
Hydroelectricity | electricity using flowing water to spin a turbine that powers a generator |
Slavs | member of a group of peoples in central and eastern Europe speaking unique languages to the area |
Skazki | Russian version of a fairy tale story |
Chernozem | humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereal or for raising livestock |
Kremlin | means fortress inside a city, the offices of the Russian government and formerly those of the Soviet government |
St. Petersburg | Russian port city on the Baltic Sea, founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, it is Russia's cultural center |
Moscow | capital city of the Russian Federation and former Soviet Union |
Trans-Siberian Railway | network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East, with a length of 9,289 kilometers |
Peter the Great | czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the Russian government; he founded St. Petersburg |
Vladimir Lenin | Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist, served as the head of government of Soviet Russia and the first head of the Soviet Union |
Joseph Stalin | Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition |
Mikhail Gorgachev | Eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991 |