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Key Terms
Eurasia-land area consisting of Europe and Asia. 
Ural Mountains-a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.
Siberia- a vast region of Russia and N Kazakhstan
Tundra-a vast, flat, treeless Arctic region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen.
Taiga-the sometimes swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia and North America.
Steppe-a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.
Permafrost-a thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in polar regions.
Genocide-the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
Chechnya-A predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia
Caucasus-border region between SE Europe and W Asia, between the Black and Caspian seas
Yurt-a circular tent of felt or skins on a collapsible framework, used by nomads in Mongolia, Siberia, and Turkey.
Silk Road- a network of routes used by traders for more than 1,500 years
Nomad-a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
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Cold War-a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare.
USSR-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Russian Revolution- Revolution that overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power.
Czar-an emperor of Russia before 1917.
Baltic-Nato cannot rely on a defensive plan based on manoeuvre warfare or on a reinforcement capability which takes too long to arrive.
Climate of Russia- steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia, and subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north.