Russia

World's largest country; spans the continents of Europe and Asia

• Asia

• Russia

• United States

• Austria

How did the Cold War get its name

• U.S. and Soviet troops never fought each other directly

• The region of that part of the world was cold

• Tensions grew cold between the Soviet and U.S.

• It was in the Northern Hemisphere

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Helped bring an end to the Cold War, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.

• Bill Clinton

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Tupac Shakur

An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions and controlled by a central authority

• Capitalist Economy

• Constitutional Monarchy

• Free Enterprise

• Command Economy

Wrote the Communist Manifesto, which inspired Russian revolutionaries to overthrow the government and implement a new system

• Karl Marx

• Biggie Smalls

• Adolph Hitler

• Vladimar Putin

Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953).

• Vladimar Putin

• Karl Marx

• Joseph Stalin

• Mikhail Gorbechev

Who fought against the United States in the Cold War.

• USSR

• Europe

• China

• Germany

The Soviet Union, created by Lenin in 1922 A confederation comprised of multiple republics, dominated by Russia. Had the first national government based on communism. Fell in 1991.

• USSA

• USSA

• South Korea

• USSR

an area of high or hilly land; the location of most of Russia's people and cities

• Siberia

• Russian Uplands

• Russian Plain

• Dru Hill

This north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.

• Rocky Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

• Ural Mountains

• Mount Everst