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Russia MatchUp
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Finland
Muscovy
Vladimir Putin
USSR
Ivan the Terrible
Crimea
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Kamchatka Peninsula
Alaska
Glasnost
Franz Josef Land
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
State, about the size of Wales, centred on Moscow in the fourteenth century
Moody and bloodthirsty tyrant who ruled Russia in the sixteenth century and saw it expand to over 250 times the size it was in 1300
Novelist who wrote about his experiences in the gulags of Siberia to which he had been exiled
Famous musician who wrote the '1812 Overture'
Political entity created after WWII by Lenin when he reorganised the Russian Empire
Policy of being more open and friendly towards the West, pioneered by Mikhail Gorbachev
Part of Ukraine that was invaded and taken over by Russia in 2014
President of Russia from 1999 to 2008 and, again, since 2012
Remote region of Russia on its Pacific coast known for its volcanoes and abundant flora
Region of Russia that the Americans purchased from them in 1867 for $7.2 million
Country with which Russia shares the longest stretch of its north-western border
Remote group of islands to the north of mainland Russia developed mainly as a military base