Exam 9: The Russian Domain

Within the Russian Domain,development in Belarus tends to be limited because unstable ground resulting from permafrost makes it extremely difficult to place permanent structures on the land surface.

What is one of the source of the nuclear threat in the Russian Domain?

Who was the main architect of the Soviet Union?

Which of the following is a characteristic of the demography of Russia today?

Why do the authors of your text use the word "domain" when talking about "the Russian Domain"?

Which of the following is true of Russia?

What happened to the economy in the Russian Domain after the demise of the former Soviet Union (USSR)?

Who were the Cossacks of the Russian Domain?

What is perestroika?

The Chechens were a faction of Russian communism representing interests of industrial workers,who established the former Soviet Union.

The approximate population of the Russian Domain is 200 million people.

Where has the Russian Domain dumped its nuclear wastes?

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,Russification has continued.

By 2003,approximately what portion of Russian farmland had been privatized?

The Trans-Siberian Railroad

The purpose of Russification (the Soviet policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the former USSR)was to provide laborers to under-populated regions of the former USSR.

Ports in Vladivostok provide Russia with the most rapid access to the Pacific Ocean.

The Trans-Siberian Railroad ends at Novosibirsk.

Discuss some of the challenges facing the Russian Domain in dealing with the legacy of the Soviet Nuclear program.

The Trans-Siberian Railroad marks the eastern edge of Europe and the western edge of the Russian Domain.