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RUSSIA: LAND/CLIMATE/ CULTURE - PGS. 356-375
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CHERNOZEM A rich, black soil that supports the production of wheat, barley, rye, oats, and other crops; found in the southern part of Russia that is located in Europe.
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CONTINENTALITY An effect that occurs in the interior portion of a landmass, it results in weather that is more extreme in temperature variation and reduced amounts of precipitation.
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TAIGA A boreal forest belt that covers 2/5ths of western Russia and extends into much of Siberia; about the size of the United States, the Russian taiga is the world’s largest coniferous forest, containing about half of the world’s softwood timber.
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STEPPE A climate region in southern Russia, it is made up of temperate grasslands that have dry summers and long, cold, dry winters (with swirling winds and blowing snow!)
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SOVIET ERA The period between 1922 and 1991 when Russia was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and dominated many non-Russian regions.
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NATIONALITY Regional political boundaries that often reflect the location of major ethnic groups.
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SOVEREIGNTY When a country or region in a country has self-rule.
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ATHEISM The lack of belief in a God or other supreme being.
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POGROM Organized persecution and massacres of Jews
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SOCIALIST REALISM During the Soviet Era, The government limited individual artistic expression and believed that it was an artist’s duty to glorify the government’s achievements in their work.
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