Russian Government Vocabulary

A form of government in which the national government has most of the power, while the states have little power.

• central government

• Kremlin

• Totalitarian

• Ukraine

Government structure in which government actions are limited by law. The leaders are required to follow the law.

• Soviet Union (USSR)

• Limited Government

• unlimited government

• federal system

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

• Republic

• Constitution

• Totalitarian

• central government

European country, was taken over and forced to join the USSR in 1922.

• Ukraine

• Kremlin

• Republic

• Constitution

A written plan of a government and its rules.

• federal system

• unlimited government

• Constitution

• Soviet Union (USSR)

A government in which no limits are imposed on the ruler's authority. The leaders don't have to follow the same laws as everyone else.

• Limited Government

• unlimited government

• Republic

• central government

Eleventh-century fortress in the heart of Moscow that has been the historical seat of Russian state power.

• Kremlin

• Ukraine

• Totalitarian

• federal system

A government that divides the powers of government between the national government and state or provincial governments.

• Republic

• central government

• federal system

• unlimited government

A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.

• Constitution

• Republic

• Totalitarian

• Soviet Union (USSR)

A Communist nation, consisting of Russia and 14 other states, that existed from 1922 to 1991.

• central government

• Soviet Union (USSR)

• Limited Government

• Kremlin