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What was the name of the group of independent Russian peasants who lived in Southern Russia (the Caucasus region) and helped Ivan the IV take Siberia?
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Cossacks
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What is the name of the main ethnic group of Russia and most of Eastern Europe who were some of the first settlers to Russia?
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Slavs
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What was the name of the group of independent Russian peasants who lived in Southern Russia (the Caucasus region) and helped Ivan the IV take Siberia?
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What is the name of the main ethnic group of Russia and most of Eastern Europe who were some of the first settlers to Russia?
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Who was Russia's first autocrat who centralized power and ruled absolutely?
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What does the name "Appanage" mean in Russian?
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What is the major trading center of Russia during the Appanage Russian Time Period?
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Besides more troop recruits for their armies, what was the other main thing that the Mongols wanted from Russia?
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What is the Great Schism?
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Which leader of Russia made Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) the official state religion?
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Which of the following was the first major trading city of Russia & Central Asia?
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Muslim holy warriors fight to preserve their religion
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People who settled in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and eastern Central & Southern Europe
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Scandinavian traders who were some of Kiev's early leaders' also the word we get Russia from
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A communist group that overthrew the government during the Russian Revolution in 1917
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Russian terrorist organization that assassinated Alexander II
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Early it was a group of council leaders, later it refers to part of the Russian government (parliament)
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All economy, society, and government controlled by a dictator. Few individual Freedoms. Very concerned with expanding territory and spreading communism - internationalists.
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Economy and ownership in hands of the community as a whole.
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USSR's version of communism, workers and oppressed people's unite and overthrow capitalism and materialism
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Based on Agriculture for survival
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Noble or Wealthy Landowning Russian Families
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Policy of government openness and moving toward a democracy
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Restructuring of USSR government & economy, gave its' power away (Laissez-Faire)
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When something is rushed or cheaply done, then fails and creates many more problems
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Based on Agriculture for survival
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Title of the emperor of Russia
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To Resign
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Local governing bodies or states in the USSR
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Network of prison labor camps in the USSR
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What climate around the Ukraine and the Ural Mountains, that has great farming and water resources, provoked the early Russian settlers to inhabit this area?
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What was the split of the Catholic & Eastern Orthodox churches called?
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What is one of the main reasons why Kievan Rus collapsed in 1240?
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What mountain range splits Europe and Asia?
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What was a push factor for people to settle into Kievian Russia?
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Besides internal divisions, what else did Appange Russia suffer from?
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What was the capital and main trading center of Muscovite Russia?
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What turned Ivan IV "Terrible?"
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Which Romanov Czar was a ruthless tyrant that reversed many of Catherine II's policies and was later assassinated?
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Which Romanov Czar was a son of Alexis' 2nd wife and was known for acquiring the Baltic States, wanting to westernize Russia like Europe, and vastly improved the navy and foreign trade?
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Which Romanov Czar brought Russia out of the "Time of Troubles"?
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Who was the last czar of Russia?
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Which czar enacted "Temporary Regulations" which took away all of the Russian people's freedoms after the assassination of his father?
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What was the name of the Russian Serf Terrorist Group that assassinated Alexander II?
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Which of the following czars sold Alaska to the US?
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Which of the following czars helped to finally defeat Napoleon?
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What declaration was issued by the Czar after Bloody Sunday and created the Duma?
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Why did Czar Nicholas II think WWI would benefit him?
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Who had cut off Russia's southern trade route during WWI due to their control of the Bosporus?
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What group of people are the poor workers who never get ahead because they don't own anything?
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What group of people are the property owners who make more money by working less?
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What is defined as Marxism with a gun?
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Who was in power in Russia after the February Revolution?
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What was the Provisional Government's fatal mistake?
