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This north-south range separates Siberia from the rest of Russia. It is commonly considered the boundary between the continents of Europe and Asia.
Caucaus Mountains
The Alps
Ural Mountains
Rockies
Capital of Russia, most Russians live in the heartland which is fertile for farming.
Moscow
Kiev
St. Petersburg
Chechnya
the vast area between the Urals and the Pacific Ocean
Cyrillic
Taiga
Siberia
Chechnya
the longest river in Russia, it is the core of the river network, canals link to the nearby Don River and to the Baltic Sea.
St. Lawrence River
Baltic River
Volga River
Mississippi River
vast forests of evergreen trees south of the tundra.
Taiga
Rainforest
Ural Mountains
Siberia
Capital of Ukraine, used to belong to Russia
Kremlin
Kiev
St. Petersburg
Moscow
a form of the Greek alphabet
Mandarin
Smelters
Cyrillic
hieroglyphs
emperor, Czar is Russian for “Caesar”
Czar
Caesar
Bolsheviks
Cyrillic
radical Russian Communist groups, seized power in the Russian Revolution.
conquistadors
dachas
Bolsheviks
Czar
harsh Soviet labor camps often located in Siberia.
Gulags
dachas
serf
Czar
Russian country houses
Smelters
Gulags
dachas
Czar
styled after Western Europe, former Russian capital
Moscow
Kiev
St. Petersburg
Taiga
factories that process metal ores
Cyrillic
Chechnya
Smelters
Moscow
rail line runs from Moscow to Vladivostok on the East coast, and is the longest single rail line in the world.
Trans- Siberian Railroad
Reading Railroad
Short Line Railroad
Kremlin Railroad
located in the Caucasus Mountains, ethnic conflict has led to fighting
Taiga
dachas
Gulags
Chechnya
The central Siberian Plateau supplies most of Russia's:
farmland
fishing
coal ore
warm beachfront beaches
