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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fills the Caucasus?

2. What happened to the port town of Muynak between 1970 and 1990?

3. What is Starovoytova's job?

4. What was Ufa like before the USSR stepped in?

5. What is Magadan like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happened in Ufa.

2. What was the Karabakh are like?

3. What did the actor in the play say about Russia and the October Revolution?

4. Describe the weather in Vorkuta.

5. Describe the hotel atmosphere in Yakutsk.

6. Describe the feelings the elite in Moscow had for the Imperium.

7. What were some of the challenges Ryszard faced when he tried to fly to Nagorno-Karabkah?

8. Why did some of the people who lived under the USSR struggle with nationality?

9. Describe the pros and cons of living in Yatusk.

10. Describe the landscape of the republics in Central Asia.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the role of the Imperium? how did people react to it? What eventually happened to it?

Essay Topic 2

With is the importance of religion in the USSR? What were the main religions? What were the pros and cons of each of the religions? How did the people of the different religious groups interact with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Detail the history of the Mafia and its role in the USSR. What were some of the pros and cons of the Mafia?

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