CH5 GEA Russia

Part 1, Part 2, Part 3: BRICS, irredentism, communism

Which army was responsible for defeating Germany in WWII?

Soviet Union

How many Soviets died in WWII?

23 million

Soviet Union disbanded in …

1991

Ural Mountains

dividing line between European, Russia, and Siberia

The Ural Mountains acted as a barrier for transport and protection (T/F)

False

Siberia

largest plain in the world, long bitter winters, low population density, isolated from urbanized Russia (Ural to Pacific)

permafrost

permanently froze soil

Caucasus Mountains

western side of Russia

Steppe

grasslands in the central area of Russia

Chernobyl occurred in …

April, 1986

The Chernobyl incident produced how much radiation?

100 times more radiation than Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Chernobyl caused how many people to resettle?

350,000 but millions remained

Aral Sea declined because the Soviet Union …

diverted its main feeder rivers (Amu, Syr) for irrigation projects

The Aral Sea declined from …

2008 - 2015

Shock therapy

job lost, inflation destroyed savings, wealth disparsities increased, average income barely any growth

BRICS

Chechnya, an internal republic state, demanded independence in …

1990s

Chechnya is mostly a …

muslim population

Moscow

Capital and primate city of Russia

Capitals of post-Soviet states are …

primate cities

Urban area factors

shaped by of Communist central planning, Housing in giant

apartment blocks, infrastructure needs repair, housing shortages, oil wealth could aid

Moscow population is …

12 mil

High levels of women in the workforce in Russia (T/F)

True

Male life expectancy has increased after a steep decline, but is shortest of any developed country (T/F)

True

Under Soviet policies, women …

worked full-time

Trafficking in women increased the …

post-communist era

LGBT is widely accepted in Russia (T/F)

False

cult of personality is most associated with…

Joseph Stalin

The cult of personality honors …

powerful leaders through godlike portrayal, propaganda, renaming cities