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Russia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| taiga | a vast forest of evergreen trees |
| Cyrillic | a form of the Greek alphabet. |
| Czar | the Russian word for emperor |
| Bolsheviks | a radical Russian Communist group |
| Gulags | harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia |
| Dachas | Russian country houses |
| Smelters | factories that process metal ores |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad | a rail line that runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the east coast, and is the longest single rail line in the world |