Countries that were part of the Soviet Union, some of which maintained some relative autonomy.
A type of economic system that is controlled and planned by the central government.
Region found between the tundra and steppe regions of northern latitudes that is generally composed of coniferous forests.
A military alliance formed in 1949 between Canada, the USA and European countries as a bulwark against the Soviet Union.
A blueprint for Soviet city structures, which was influential in creating the urbanized structure of modern Russia.
A plan initiated in 1953 to open up vast areas of Kazakhstan steppe to grain production.
A sect of Islam distinct from Shia in that its adherents do not believe that the succession of the Prophet Mohammed should be hereditary and follow family bloodlines.
The targeting and forced removal of ethnic minorities by other groups and/or the nation-state
The world's first communist state established in 1917 and encompassed modern day Russia along with a number of countries that surround it. The USSR collapsed in the late 1991.
Russian name for World War II.
A vast network of pipelines used to transport oil and gas deposits from Russia and central Asia to markets in Europe and China.
Political fragments of a state not physically connected to that state and surrounded by the territory of one or other nations.
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