Northern Eurasia Review

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Which culture greatly influenced the culture of the Kievan Rus between about 1000 and the early 1200s?

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Byzantine

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What happened to Central Asia and the Caucasus when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991?

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The regions were divided into eight independent countries.

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Which of the following describes the reign of Catherine the Great of Russia? Options: tyrannical despot; took away many of the rights of the people, lost Russian territory; sold large parts of Siberia, expanded Russia; added much of Ukraine and parts of Poland

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expanded Russia; added much of Ukraine and parts of Poland

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The religion that is most practiced in Russia

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Orthodox Christianity

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The name of the Dynasty that ruled Russia for 300 years.

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Romanov

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After the Bolshevik/Communist revolution, Russia changes its name to...

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USSR, Soviet Union, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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The person who led the Bolshevik/Communist Revolution and establishes the first communist government in Russia

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Vladimir Lenin

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The brutal dictator of the Soviet Union who took over in 1924 and led the country in WWII.

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Josef Stalin

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The era of history where the Soviet Union and USA "fight" a mostly ideological war of communism vs. capitalism/democracy

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The Cold War

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The USSR collapses in the early 1990's and this person will be the first leader of the new Russia.

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Boris Yeltsin