Russia Vocabulary

tribute

• an emperor of Russia

• a line of herediatary rulers of a country
• dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
• Payment made by one state or ruler to another, especially made by force

serf

• a worker bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
• a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
• system where the nobility owned lands and serfs were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him labor and farm goods
• actions taken by a nation to force another nation to make an international agreement, typically in the form of restrictios on trade

noble

• belonging to a group with high social or political status; aristocratic
• extreme scarcity of food
• a vast, flat treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen
• dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

tsar

• an emperor of Russia
• a union of self-governing states
• a line of herediatary rulers of a country
• system where the nobility owned lands and serfs were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him labor and farm goods

sanction

• actions taken by a nation to force another nation to make an international agreement, typically in the form of restrictios on trade
• Payment made by one state or ruler to another, especially made by force
• a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
• a vast, flat treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen

corruption

• extreme scarcity of food

• a worker bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
• dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery

• a line of herediatary rulers of a country

feudal

• system where the nobility owned lands and serfs were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him labor and farm goods
• belonging to a group with high social or political status; aristocratic
• a union of self-governing states
• a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people

tundra

• a vast, flat treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen
• an emperor of Russia
• Payment made by one state or ruler to another, especially made by force
• extreme scarcity of food

dynasty

• a line of herediatary rulers of a country
• actions taken by a nation to force another nation to make an international agreement, typically in the form of restrictios on trade
• a worker bound under the feudal system to work on his lord's estate
• a union of self-governing states

plague

• Payment made by one state or ruler to another, especially made by force

• dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery
• belonging to a group with high social or political status; aristocratic
• a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people