GWA Russia Vocab.

Question 1

Permafrost

Answer 1

Layer of soil below the surface of the earth that remains permanently frozen

Question 2

Czar

Answer 2

Russian term for emperor

Question 3

Autocrat

Answer 3

Ruler of unlimited power

Question 4

Icons

Answer 4

Christian painting of Jesus, Mary, or a saint

Question 5

Mir

Answer 5

Commune that regulated village life in Russia before the revolutions in 1917

Question 6

Pogroms

Answer 6

Organized act of violence against Jews

Question 7

Abdicate

Answer 7

Give up a high office

Question 8

Soviets

Answer 8

Council of workers, soldiers, and peasants formed by Russian revolutionist to challenge the established government

Question 9

Kulaks

Answer 9

Prosperous peasants of the Soviet Union

Question 10

Purges

Answer 10

An abrupt or violent removal of a group of people

Question 11

Black Market

Answer 11

Market in which people trade goods illegally

Question 12

Dissidents

Answer 12

Someone who speaks out against the government

Question 13

Bureaucracy

Answer 13

Huge system of officials and government departments

Question 14

Perestroika

Answer 14

Restructuring of the Soviet economy to make it more efficient and productive

Question 15

Glasnost

Answer 15

Openness and honesty in discussing the problems faced by the Soviet Union

Question 16

Autonomy

Answer 16

Self-government

Question 17

Samizdat

Answer 17

System among Soviet writers for circulating their work secretly to avoid government censorship and seek publication abroad

Question 18

Socialist Realism

Answer 18

Glorification by Soviet writers and artist of socialism and Marxist-Leninist ideas