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What ocean lies ot the north of Russia and the Republics?
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Artic Ocean
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How much deeper is Lake Baikal than the deepest lake in the U.S.?
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Lake Baikal is 5,315 feet deep and Lake Crater in Oregon is only 1932 feet deep, so Lake Baikal is 3,383 feet deeper than Lake Crater in Oregon.
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In what year did the geography of Russia and the Republics change dramatically?
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In 1991
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What caused the dramatic change?
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The collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Into what religious category do the majority of the people in Russia and the Republics fit?
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Other religions or non-religious 55.5%
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Which two religions claim about equal numbers of the people?
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Orthodox Christians (17.7%) and Islam (21.8%)
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What are the tree most densely populated cities in the regiion
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Kiev, Moscow and St. Petersburg
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Which five republics have the highest infant mortaility rates? Do you notice a pattern of where they are located?
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Tajikistan, Agebaijan, Kyrgyzstan, turkmenistan, Uzbekistan are the highest. These republics are all located in south of Russia near Afghanistan.
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What do the literacy rates tell you about the value placed on education in the region?
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Education is important because the literacy rates are in the high 90 percentile
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What inconsistency do you see between the infant mortaility rate and the number of doctors in the republics?
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All those republics have high number of doctors, but it has not helped lower the infant mortality rate.
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What republic has the smallest and what republic has the largest land area?
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Armenia has the smallest area and Russia has the largest area.
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In land size how much larger is Russia and the Republics compared to the U.S.?
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Three times larger than the U.S.
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How many time zones does the region cover?
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11 time zones
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What percentage of the earth's land surface does Russia and the Republics occupy?
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Russia and the Republics occupy 14% of the earth's land area
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Thje northern two thirds of the region are divided up into what four different areas?
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The Northern European Plain, The West Siberian Plain
The central Siberian Plain Russian Far East |
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One of the world's most fertile soils, or black earth
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chernozem
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What fraction of the people of the region on the European Plain?
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75%
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What physical feature separates the Northern European and West Siberian Plain?
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Ural Mountains
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How do some geographers refer to the single continent of Europe and Asia?
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Eurasia
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This area alone contains 1200 volcanoes, 20 of which are still active.
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Russian Far East
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Over what island do Japan and Russia still dispute ownership?
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Kuril Islands
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What is the name of the physical feature that stretches across the land that separates the Black and Caspian Seas?
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Caucasus Mountains
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What is Transcaucasia?
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a region that consists of the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
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What is Central Asia?
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a gregion that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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What are the Kara Kum and the Kyzyl Kum?
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Two large deserts across the Turan Plain
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What is a drainage basin?
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an area drained by a majro river and its tributaries
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What are the Russian and the Republics' largest basin.
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The Artic Basin
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What are the basins most powerful rivers?
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Ob, Yenisey and Lena Rivers.
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What is the longest river on the European continent?
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Volga River
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What is the mouth or outflow of this long river?
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The Caspian Sea basin
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What physical feature is actually a saltwater lake and the largest inland sea in the world?
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Caspian Sea
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Whay body of water has lost about 80% of its water volume?
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Aral Lake
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What percentage of the world's fresh water is held by Lake Baikal?
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Baikal 20% of world's fresh water
Great Lakes 21% |
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Russia and the REpublics have a great wealth of natural resources. Describe two fo the challenges with these resources.
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1) How to transport the resources from harsh and distant regions
2) How to use the resources without damaging the environment. |
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In what area does Russia have some of the world's largest deposits of petroleum?
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Caspian Sea area
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What percentage of the world's timber does Russia's forest hold?
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20%
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What is Russia's frigid Artic and sub artic region called?
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Siberia
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What is thermal pollution?
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discharage from plants and dams of unusual hot water
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What two climate regions dominate much of Russia and the Republics?
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Humid continental and subartic climates
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What is continentality?
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The effect of distance from the sea on a climate
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What is permafrost?
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Permafrost permanently frozen subsoil
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What are four major begetation regions?
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Tundra forest steppe and desert.
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What is the largest forest on earth called?
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Taiga
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What type of animals are found in the forest?
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sable, fox, ermine, elk, bears and wolves.
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What is the mouth or outflow of this long river?
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The Caspian Sea basin
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What physical feature is actually a saltwater lake and the largest inland sea in the world?
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Caspian Sea
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Whay body of water has lost about 80% of its water volume?
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Aral Lake
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What percentage of the world's fresh water is held by Lake Baikal?
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Baikal 20% of world's fresh water
Great Lakes 21% |
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Russia and the REpublics have a great wealth of natural resources. Describe two fo the challenges with these resources.
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1) How to transport the resources from harsh and distant regions
2) How to use the resources without damaging the environment. |
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In what area does Russia have some of the world's largest deposits of petroleum?
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Caspian Sea area
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What percentage of the world's timber does Russia's forest hold?
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20%
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What is Russia's frigid Artic and sub artic region called?
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Siberia
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What is thermal pollution?
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discharage from plants and dams of unusual hot water
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What two climate regions dominate much of Russia and the Republics?
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Humid continental and subartic climates
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What is continentality?
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The effect of distance from the sea on a climate
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What is permafrost?
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Permafrost permanently frozen subsoil
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What are four major begetation regions?
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Tundra forest steppe and desert.
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What is the largest forest on earth called?
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Taiga
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What type of animals are found in the forest?
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sable, fox, ermine, elk, bears and wolves.
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What is the mouth or outflow of this long river?
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The Caspian Sea basin
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What physical feature is actually a saltwater lake and the largest inland sea in the world?
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Caspian Sea
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Whay body of water has lost about 80% of its water volume?
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Aral Lake
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What percentage of the world's fresh water is held by Lake Baikal?
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Baikal 20% of world's fresh water
Great Lakes 21% |
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Russia and the REpublics have a great wealth of natural resources. Describe two fo the challenges with these resources.
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1) How to transport the resources from harsh and distant regions
2) How to use the resources without damaging the environment. |
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In what area does Russia have some of the world's largest deposits of petroleum?
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Caspian Sea area
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What percentage of the world's timber does Russia's forest hold?
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20%
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What is Russia's frigid Artic and sub artic region called?
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Siberia
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What is thermal pollution?
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discharage from plants and dams of unusual hot water
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What two climate regions dominate much of Russia and the Republics?
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Humid continental and subartic climates
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What is continentality?
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The effect of distance from the sea on a climate
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What is permafrost?
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Permafrost permanently frozen subsoil
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What are four major begetation regions?
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Tundra forest steppe and desert.
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What is the largest forest on earth called?
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Taiga
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What type of animals are found in the forest?
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sable, fox, ermine, elk, bears and wolves.
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What are the Amu Darya and the Syr Darya?
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Rivers that feed the Aral Sea
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How many people make their home in Siberia?
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More than 32 million
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What is the Trans-Siberian Railroad?
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A railroad that connects Moscow and the Pacific port of Vladivostok.
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What are the Baltic Republics?
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Estonia, Latavia, and Lithuanina on the west of Russia.
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Explain the Russian Revolution
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The Russian Revolution was a war foughtagainst the Russian people and czars of Russian in 1917. The Communist Party led by Lenin took control of the government
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Who inspired the communists?
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Karl Marx
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What is the economic goal of communism?
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citzens would own property together and everyone would share the wealth.
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What is a command economy?
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one in which the central government makes all important economic decisions.
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What are collective farms?
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farms where large teams of laborers gather together to work.
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What happened to millions of citizens as a reslut of the collective farms?
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they starved to death in famines cause by the creation of collective farms.
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How many Russians died as a result of Stalin's politics?
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14 million people
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Dacha and banyas definitions are:
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Dacha-a small home with vegetable gardens
Banyas-A suana or steam room |
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How many were killed when the Cherobyl nuclear reactors exploded? How many were resettled as a result of the explosion?
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31 people died
250,000 were resettled |
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What is the reason for the war between Russia and Chechnya? |
Chechnya wanted independence from Russia.
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How many casualties have there been as a result of this conflict? |
over 100,000 casualties
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What steps have been taken to resolve the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
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Cease fires
Talks toward peace agreement |
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Define privatization
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selling government-owned businesses to individuals and private companies
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What percentage of the Russian population lived below the poverty line by the end of the 1990s?
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nearly 40%
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Define distance decay and explain why this is an obstacle to economic reform?
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long distances betweenplaces make communication and transportation difficult. This limits interaction and cooperation of regional leaders with Moscow.
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How has the growth of organized crime slowed economic reforms in Russia?
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by rewarding illegal activity over honest business
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What did the Russia mafia try to sell to drug barons in Colombia?
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a Russian submarine
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