terms from Russia
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| runs from Moscow to the esat coast of Russia, longest rail line in the world | Trans-Siberian Railroad
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| government owns all property and controls all aspects of life (from 1922-1991) | communism
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| based on free trade and competition among businesses | market economy
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| government owns all businesses and farms and makes all decisions about money | command economy
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| rivalry between USSR and US; competition over superior weapons | Cold War
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| mean dictator of communist Russia | Joseph Stalin
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| 1st leader of Soviet Union | Vladimir Lenin
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| unpleasant Soviet labor camps | gulags
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| located in Moscow's Red Square, commissioned/built by Ivan IV | St. Basil's cathedral
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| where Europe and Asia meet | Ural Mts.
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| Russian country houses | dachas
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| longest river in Europe | Volga River
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| vast forest of evergreen trees | taiga
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| form of the Greek alphabet introduced by Orthodox Christian missionaries | Cyrillic
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| huge area between the Pacific Ocean and the Urals | Siberia
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| example: Catherine the great or Ivan IV | czar
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| took over power in the Russian Revolution to begin communism (1922) | Bolsheviks
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| important natural resource and export for Russia | oil
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| mountain range located in Southern Russia, between Caspian and Black Sea | Caucasus Mts.
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| factories that produce and process metals like copper and iron | smelters
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| world's largest country | Russia
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| Russia's capital | Moscow
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