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the landmass of Europe and Asia combined
Eurasia -
ships that can break through ice
icebreakers -
forest of mainly evergreen trees that cover half of Russia
taiga -
main people to settle in what is now Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, & Eastern parts of central and southern Europe
Slavs -
people from the southern steppe frontiers of the Russian Empire who played an important role in that empires expansion
Cossacks -
Scandinavian traders who were some of Kiev's early leaders
Rus -
communist group that overthrew the government during the Russian Revolution in 1917
Bolsheviks -
title of the emperor of Russia before the Russian Revolution
czar -
poor peasant farmers who worked for lords and were bound to the land
serfs -
local governing bodies of the Soviet Union
soviets
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