RUSSIA VOCAB & POLITICAL MAP

"Restructuring", part of Gorbachev's plan for reforming the Soviet government.

Rich, black top soil found in the North Esuropean plain.

Electrical energy generated by falling water.

Permanently frozen layer of soil.

Vast, treeless plains in cold northern climates, characterized by permafrost.

Russian term for the vast subarctic forest, mostly evergreen.

Self-rule.

Ruler of Russia until the 1917 revolution.

In 19th century Russia, a government program that required everyone in the empire to speak Russian and become a Christian.

Political philosophy in which the government owns the means of production.