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Russian Vocabulary
Directions: The first thing you need to do is use a device and Google your term plus the word ‘definition’. Then, you will need to circle the
sentence that you think is using the word correctly!
Word
Soviet Union
Definition
The U.S.S.R that was a Marxist-Lenin State in Eurasia
(between and on both Asia and Europe in Modern Day
Russia) between 1922-1991.
(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Sentence Use
1. The Soviet Union is a political party found in Asia and
Europe.
2.The Soviet Union was a country, but has since broken
apart.
1. Lenin was the leader of the army who was able to
become a dictator.
Vladimir
Lenin
2. Lenin was a political figure who helped start revolutions
leading to the creation of the USSR.
1. The Duma is equivalent to the united States congress or
the Canadian Parliament.
Duma
2. Duma was the leader of the USSR government, who was
eventually overthrown and killed by Tsar Nicholas II.
Communism
Satellite
State
A social, political, and economic ideology and
movement whose ultimate goal is to have common
ownership and equality for all.
~A large equal middle class, with no poor or rich
class
1. It is our hope that with a communist system we will all
work equally and will be provided with equal amounts.
2. We have people who take everything we grow and pay
us nothing for it because they are of a higher class and
‘can’.
1. The Ukraine is currently occupied by the Russian
Military, who is exerting control since Ukraine was once
part of Russia.
2. Russia is a satellite state of the United States, as our
military and government makes their major decisions.
Mikhail
Gorbachev
Last leader of the USSR who eventually removed
communism and started modern Russia. He was one
of the leaders who believed that forms of Democracy
were better for the people and country.
1. The leader of Russia who ended the USSR.
2. The leader of Russia who started the USSR.
1. Using propaganda doesn’t always mean telling the truth,
but instead tells what people want to hear.
Propaganda
2. Using propaganda is a scientific reporting system to
present facts to the general public.
Perestroika
Glasnost
1. The implementing of perestroika in Russia led the people
further into communism.
2. Perestroika introduced democracy to a country most
familiar with a communist ideal.
Open discussion of political and social issues, which
1. Speaking bad about your government was punishable
had previously been illegal in, made possible by Mikhail with jail due to the glasnost policies in effect.
Gorbachev
2. Russia began to take on the ideas, especially that of
freedom of speech with its glasnost policies.
1. Once the iron curtain was drawn, the show was over and
the government people left for the night.
Iron Curtain
2. The iron curtain was a division of beliefs between those
who liked and disliked communism.
Cold War
1. The Cold War was a war where no one fought, but the
USA and Russia were ready to fight due to their
differences.
2. The Cold War caused extreme casualties and damage to
property both in the United States and Russia.