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Holt Chapter 16
Russia and the Caucasus
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |