| A | B |
|---|
| autonomy | independence - another term for self-determination |
| self-determination | wanting to rule yourself |
| Boris Yeltsin | the 1st leader of Russia in the 1990s after the downfall of Communism |
| Vladimir Putin | the present leader of Russia |
| dissolution | to break away - to split |
| St. Basel's Cathedral | a beautiful Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow |
| Red Square | a huge open area in Moscow - used for military parades in the 1970s & 1980s |
| Cyrillic | the alphabet the Russian language is written in |
| icon | a religious painting believed to have certain powers |
| Alexander Dubcek | Czechoslovakian communist who tried to reform communism in 1968 |
| Prague Spring | when govt. tried to reform itself, but was nation, Czechoslovakia was invaded by Soviet/Warsaw Pact army |
| Vaclav Havel | present leader of Czech Republic |
| Velvet Revolution | the end of communism in Czechoslovakia by peaceful means |
| Solidarity | Polish labor union - in 1980s fought against communist govt. |
| Lech Walesa | leader of Polish movement to end communism in 1980s |
| Pope John Paul II | leader of the Roman Catholic Church - spoke out against communist govts. in eastern Europe |
| Nicolai Ceaucescu | communist leader of Romania 1980s - like Stalin |
