Exam 5: Russia and the Post-Soviet States

What is the name for the process whereby industries owned by the government are sold to private companies or individuals?

Describe Russia's informal economy.How does the Russian government view the informal economy?

In the Russian-Afghan War,the United States supported and trained the Afghan guerrilla fighters.

The beginnings of a private market began in the Soviet Union under:

The official Soviet ideology was:

Many people in Russia may be much better off financially than official statistics indicate because they earn income in what type of work?

The first non-Russian area to be annexed into the Russian empire,in the early seventeenth century,was:

In accordance with Communist beliefs,Soviet planners perceived an inherent value in the natural environment and sought to minimize the exploitation of its resources.

A Russian city with particularly strong mineral wealth is:

From the perspective of the Russian federal government,what is the primary disadvantage of the informal economy that has flourished in the 1990s?

In its heyday,the USSR stretched from Central Europe to __________.

The Russian empire and,subsequently,the Soviet Union achieved and maintained their expansion into Siberia without having to relocate large numbers of European Russians to the annexed lands.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union,the region has found environmental regulation easier to accomplish.

Which of the following was NOT provided as part of a job in the Soviet Union?

The fortunes of today's Russia rise and fall on the price of __________.

Into what region did the Russian empire expand in order to gain control over cotton production and export?

What percentage of the Russian landmass is suitable for agricultural production?

Russia's Communist Party was formed by:

Which is NOT a challenge being faced by the former states of the USSR?

Permanently frozen soil is known as: