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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