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WC: Russia Terms
Terms. About Russia. What else?
Term | Definition |
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permafrost | the layer of soil below the surface that remains permanently frozen |
intelligensia | social class in Russia, between toilers and exploiters |
Prince Vladimir | 958-1015 AD. Ruler of Kievan Rus' in Russia. Byzantines converted him to what eventually became Eastern Orthodox Christianity. |
Ivan the Terrible | Ivan the Great's grandson, crowned czar mid-1500s. Brutal actions against powerful nobles earned him the name Ivan the Terrible. |
Peter the Great | Russian czar, late 1600s. Attempted to westernize Russia. |
Catherine the Great | Later Russian czar, continued Peter the Great's reforms. |
Czar Nicholas II | Set up an elected assembly called the Duma to end violence in 1905. |
Rasputin | Russian peasant who later became very influential in the days of Czar Nicholas. |
Vladimir Lenin | Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. |
Joseph Stalin | Leader of Soviet Union, mid-1920s to 1953. |