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What happened to the economy in the Russian Domain after the demise of the former Soviet Union (USSR)?
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After a decade of political and economic instability, Russia has made impressive progress in the 21st century.
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What is the primary destination for Russian petroleum products?
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Western Europe
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Which of the following is TRUE of the Russian mafia?
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The Russian mafia has also gone global, implicated in huge money-laundering schemes involving Russian and foreign banks.
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During the Soviet era, agriculture
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was organized into collectives.
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Russia has worked to maintain economic ties to former Soviet republics by creating a counterbalance to the European Union called
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the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
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What was the policy of the former Soviet Union (USSR) regarding religion within its borders?
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The USSR discouraged all religion and even persecuted religious practice.
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The Russian Empire had its origins as a small principality in the vicinity of which Russian city?
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Moscow
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What is NOT a reason for the ongoing crisis in Ukraine?
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Ukraine gave its nuclear weapons to Western powers.
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What language group dominates in the Russian Domain?
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Slavic
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Who was the main architect of the Soviet Union?
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Lenin
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What has been the pattern of population growth in the Russian Domain since the demise of the USSR?
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persistently declining population
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What does the term "Russification" mean?
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a policy of resettling Russians into non-Russian portions of the Soviet Union
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What is the primary reason why European Russia has a higher population than Asian Russia?
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European Russia is better suited for agriculture.
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Which Russian port provides Russia with the most rapid access to the Pacific Ocean?
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Vladivostok
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What are mikrorayons?
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large housing projects built in the 1970s and 1980s in Russia
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What natural feature marks the divide between European Russia and Asian Russia?
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Ural Mountains
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Where has the Russia dumped its nuclear wastes?
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off the northern island of Novaya Zemlya, in the Barents Sea
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The Caucasus Mountains are located between which two bodies of water?
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Black and Caspian Seas