AP Compare: Russia

An important goal of Boris Yeltsin’s shock therapy reforms during the 1990s was to create a(n)

• oligarchy

• market-based socialist economy

• state-run economy

• free-market economy

The term “parties of power” denotes:

• parties in Russia that rely on a single ethnic group for support.

• nationalist parties in Russia that call for the restoration of the Soviet Union.

• parties built by elites to serve their personal political aspirations.

• parties that depend on votes from the armed forces.

Pussy Riot and Alexei Navalny are similar in that:

• all rose to prominence as oligarchs who took advantage of insider privatization during shock therapy.

• they all represent key members of the siloviki.

• each represent key opposition leaders to Putin.

• all have been outspoken supporters of Putin’s leadership in Russia.

The power of the Russian prime minister is more limited than the power of the prime minister in the United Kingdom because

• only in the United Kingdom does the prime minister act as head of government

• the parliament in the United Kingdom has the power to pass laws, whereas the Russian parliament does not

• the Russian prime minister is limited by a much more powerful head of state

• the United Kingdom has an unwritten constitution, whereas Russia has a written constitution

Parties such as Yabloko and PARNAS in Russia can best be described as

• opposition parties who seek to challenge United Russia’s rule

• hyper-nationalist parties with populist ideals

• ideologically purist parties who tend to side with United Russia on economic issues

• parties who work in tandem with United Russia in the Duma

The well-established tradition of statism in Russia is most associated with their difficulty in developing

• a strong legislature

• strong obedience to law

• equality of economic opportunity

• an independent civil society

Lenin consolidated the 1917 revolution in part through the nomenklatura, which were

• politically influential Communists who were given important jobs in the bureaucracy.

• the secret police.

• the mass armies used to defeat the opponents of the revolution

• the local Soviets that provided grassroots support to the revolution.

Which of the following occurs in a command economy?

• Quotas and plans direct production and distribution of goods.

• Consumer demand and competition determine production and distribution.

• Central planners respond to consumer demand and set prices accordingly.

• Central planners determine prices on the basis of supply and demand.

1. In Russia’s system of asymmetric federalism, which of the following has the greatest amount of political authority independent of the national government?

• subjects

• okrugs

• federal cities

• republics

The terms perestoika and glasnost are most associated with which Russian leader?

• Josef Stalin

• Vladimir Putin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Boris Yeltsin