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the Black Sea in the southwest, though, Russian ships have a ______ _______ route to the Mediterranean Sea

What is warm-water

The Capital of Russia

What is Moscow?

a large port city near the Baltic Sea

What is St. Petersburg?

of the coldest climates in the world. has one of the coldest climates in the world.

What is Northern Siberia .

European Russia’s major river.

What is The Volga River .

in southwestern Russia is the largest inland body of water in the world.

What is the Caspian Sea ?

oil, natural gas, and coal

What is fossil fuels?

softwood This wood from _______ _____is used in buildings and for making furniture.

What is evergreen trees?

limit, humans’ ability to use its many resources

What is inhibit?

the system of roads and railroads for transporting materials

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Most of Russia lies in the ______latitudes.

What is high/northern?

During World War II, bitter _______halted the German army’s advance into Russia..

What is cold/Winter?

a permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface.

What is permafrost?

a thick haze of fog and chemicals.

What is smog?

are chemicals and smoke particles that cause pollution.

What is pollutants?

Russia today is a vast country, covering millions of square miles and spreading across two______.

What is continents?

Modern Russians descend from _______ ______who settled along the rivers of what are today Ukraine and Russia.

What is Slavic peoples?

or people who move to another area to spread their religion.

What is a Missionaries?

In 1480 Ivan III, a prince of Muscovy, rejected ______rule and declared independence

What is Mongol?

In 1861 Czar Alexander II freed the country’s 40 million_____.

What is serfs?

Vladimir Lenin set about establishing a ______state in which the government controlled the economy and society.

What is a communist?

______ ______and his followers created a new nation called the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.),

What is Vladimir Lenin ?

A harsh dictator, _____prevented the Soviet people from practicing their religions and had religious property seized.

What is Joseph Stalin/Uncle Joe

a system in which small farms were combined into large, factory like farms run by the government

What is collectivization?

The Railroad, which runs from Moscow in the west to Vladivostok in the east. Completed in the early 1900s, it is the longest rail line in the world.

What is Trans-Siberian