| A | B |
|---|
| socialist realism | artistic style - praised everything Soviet |
| May 1st | day to honor Communists |
| Uzbeks | largest group of Turkic people in the republics |
| Moldova | the one European republic in which the Slavs are not the majority |
| Slavs | the largest ethnic group in russia & the Eurasian republics |
| ethnic group | group of people sharing customs, beliefs, language, & a unique heritage |
| Tass | a Soviet news agency |
| Yenisey | a river in Siberia |
| chernozem | rich black topsoil of the North European plain |
| Dniester | a major river of the NorthEuropean Plain |
| Communism Peak | the highest elevation in the area of Russia & Eurasian republics |
| Golden Years | the artistic era of Russia in the 1800's & early 1900's |
| Russian Federation | Russia's official country name |
| Shi'ites | a sect of the Muslim faith |
| Anton Chekhov | famous Russia writer |
| Wasily Kandinsky | famous Russian artist ( painter ) |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | famous Russian composer |
