Chapter 9 (Russia)

Question 1

A Just Russia

Answer 1

A small party in the Russia Duma with a social-democratic orientation

Question 2

Caesaropapism

Answer 2

The combining of social and political power in a political system so that the head of state is also the head of church and supreme judge in religious matters

Question 3

Caucasus

Answer 3

Southwest russia near the Black Sea and Turkey, where there is a diverse mixture of non-Slavic peoples with distinict languages and customs as well as a much stronger historical presence of Islam than Orthodox Christianity

Question 4

Chechnya

Answer 4

Russian republic that has been a source of military conflict since 1991

Question 5

Cheka

Answer 5

Soviet secret police created by Lenin, precursor to the KGB

Question 6

Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF)

Answer 6

Successor party in Russia to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Question 7

Constitutional Court

Answer 7

Highest body in the Russian legal system; responsible for constitutional review

Question 8

Duma

Answer 8

Lower house of the Russian legislature, 450 members, elected for 5-year terms

Question 9

Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

Answer 9

Economic and political union among several former Soviet states

Question 10

Federal Security Service (FSB)

Answer 10

Successor to the KGB, the Russian intelligence agency

Question 11

Federation Council

Answer 11

Upper house of legislature

Question 12

Glasnost

Answer 12

“openness”; policy of political liberalization implement in USSR in the late 1980s

Question 13

KGB

Answer 13

Soviet secret police agency charged with domestic and foreign intelligence

Question 14

Kremlin

Answer 14

11th century fortress in the heart of Moscow that has been the historical seat of Russian state power

Question 15

Lenin

Answer 15

Russian revolutionary who led the 1917 Russian Revolution and headed the USSR from 1917 until 1924

Question 16

Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR)

Answer 16

Political party in Russia with a nationalist and antidemocratic orientation

Question 17

Dmitry Medvedev

Answer 17

President of Russia from 2008-2012, prime minister from 2012-2020, current head of the United Russia Party

Question 18

Mikhail Mishustin

Answer 18

Prime Minister of Russia until 2020

Question 19

Alexei Navalny

Answer 19

Political activist who has been detained repeatedly for his opposition to Putin and United Russia

Question 20

nomenklatura

Answer 20

Politically sensititve or influential jobs in the state, society, or economy that were staffed by people chosen or approved by the Communist Party

Question 21

Oligarchs

Answer 21

Russian people noted for their control of large amounts of the Russian economy (including the media) their close ties to the government and the accusations of corruption surrounding their rise to power

Question 22

Orthodox Christianity

Answer 22

A variant of Christianity seperate from Roman Catholicism and Protestantism; originally centered in Byzantium

Question 23

Parties of Power

Answer 23

Russian parties created by political elites to support their political aspirations; typically lacking any ideological orientation

Question 24

perestroika

Answer 24

“restructuring”; the policy of economic liberalization implemented in the USSR in the late 80s

Question 25

Politburo

Answer 25

Top policy-making and executive body of Russia

Question 26

Putin

Answer 26

President from 1999-2008, prime minister from 2008-2012, president from 2012-present

Question 27

Shock Therapy

Answer 27

A process of rapid marketization

Question 28

siloviki

Answer 28

"Men of power" who have their origins in the security agencies and are close to President Putin

Question 29

Soviets

Answer 29

Name given to worker's council that sprung up in 1917

Question 30

Stalin

Answer 30

Succeeded Lenin as head of state until 1953

Question 31

State Council

Answer 31

A cabinet-like body chaired by the president that includes regional governors and top federal officials

Question 32

Tsar

Answer 32

Russian word for emperor

Question 33

United Russia

Answer 33

Main political party in Russia and supporter of Putin

Question 34

Yabloko

Answer 34

Small party in Russia that advocates democracy and a liberal political-economic system

Question 35

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 35

President of Russia from 1991-1999