WCHS Geog. & History A - Russia & Eurasia Words
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| Siberia | the part of Russia that lies on the continent of Asia. Frigid arctic and subarctic region of Russia
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| Trans-Siberian Railroad | a railroad that would eventually link Moscow with the Pacific port of Vladivostok. Built between 1891 and 1903
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| Ural Mountain | separates the Northern European and West Siberian plains. Recognized as the dividing line between Europe and Asia.
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| Lake Baikal | Oldest and deepest lake on Earth. It is over 5,000 feet deep, 1/5 of world's fresh water is located in Lake Baikal
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| USSR | became new nation in 1922, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Organized all the different peoples absorbed during the centuries of Russian rule. Also known as Soviet Union for short.
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| privatization | the selling of governemt owned business to private citizens
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| Volga River | longest river in Europe and Russia. Begins near Moscow and drains into the Caspian Sea
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| Tundra | The flat treeless lands forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean; the climate region of the Arctic Ocean
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| distance decay | the concept that increasing distances between places tends to reduce interactions among them
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| St. Petersburg | built by Peter the Great in 1703, on the Baltic Sea; became the Russian Captial; he dies before it is finished.
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| chernozem | Black earth, is abundant on the plain
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| Central Asia | a region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
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| taiga | a nearly continuous belt of evergreen coniferous forests across the Northern Hemisphere, in North America and Eurasia
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| Transcauasia | a region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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| Russian revolution | in 1917, ended the rule of the czars, the russian Communist party, lead by V.I. Lenin took control of the government from the czars
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| cold war | Conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II, called "Cold" because it never escalated into open warfare.
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