Russian & Southwest Asia Vocabulary By: Amber JohnsonWord Definition Picture

Northern European Plain

A geomorphological region in Europe, mostly in Poland, Germany, Denmark and Netherlands

Chernozem Fertile black soil rich in humus, with a lighter lime-rich layer beneath.

Ural Mountains A mountain range in the W Russian Federation, extending N and S from the Arctic Ocean to near the Caspian Sea, forming a natural boundary between Europe and Asia.

Eurasia Europe and Asia considered together as one continent.

Transcaucasia A region in central Asia, south of the Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan

Siberia Region of Russia stretching from north-central to northeastern Asia.

Black Sea Sea between Europe and Asia, bordered on the north by Moldova and Ukraine, on the northeast by Russia, on the east by Georgia, on the south by Turkey, and on the west by Bulgaria and Romania.

Kremlin A citadel within a Russian town

Red Square A large open area in central Moscow bordered by the Kremlin

Trans-Siberian Railroad Is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East and the Sea of Japan.

Baltic Republic European countries bordering the Baltic Sea.

Czar An emperor of Russia before 1917.

Russian Revolution A series of revolutions in the Russian Empire during 1917.

USSR Abbreviation for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Cold War A constant nonviolent state of hostility between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Command Economy An economy in which production, investment, prices, and incomes are determined centrally by a government

St. Basils Cathedral A church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia.

Peter the Great Czar of Russia who introduced ideas from western Europe to reform the government

Lenin A Russian revolutionary leader of the early twentieth century, highly honored in the former Soviet Union as the founder of the modern Soviet state.

Marx The doctrines of Karl Marx and his associate Friedrich Engels on economics, politics, and society.

Gorbachev The last president of the Soviet Union, Gorbachev came to power in 1985.

Putin Current president of Russia

Federal Assembly The National Legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of Russian Federation

Federation Council The Upper House of the Federal Assembly of Russia

Duma A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics of the former Soviet Union

Orthodox Christianity The form of Christianity maintained by the Eastern Orthodox Church