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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. How did Galina Starovoytova in Moscow help Ryszard?

2. According to the author, how much of Central Asia was ruined by the Imperium?

3. What was a positive aspect of the churches?

4. What are the workers told at the meeting?

5. What were many of the agreements and disagreements over?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Karabakh are like?

3. Describe the Nationalist movement.

4. Describe the airport in Syktyvkar.

5. How did the mafia arise in Russia?

6. What happened to the churches in Russia?

7. Describe the Kremlin.

8. Describe the hotel atmosphere in Yakutsk.

9. Describe what happened in Ufa.

10. Describe what happened to the region around the Aral Sea between 1970 and 1990.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even though the USSR had power over the southern republics, they still managed to hold onto some of their traditions. Describe some of the traditions and explain why it was important for the people to hold onto them.

Essay Topic 2

Describe in detail the three attitudes the author states foreigners take into the Soviet Union. Determine which attitude the author had, and explain why you believe this was his attitude.

Essay Topic 3

Loking toward the future, what did the Russian people feel was in store for them according to the author? Address structural changes as well as geographic and cultural changes.

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