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Across 3. He became the leader of the Soviet Union and he helped move the Soviet Union toward democracy 6. These dolls are painted traditionaly in bright colors to look like women wearing kerchiefs and dresses 7. Huge forests of evergreen trees that grow in subarctic regions 8. Russian policy of "Openness" 12. Country whos government has strong control over the economy and society as a whole 13. This sea is a dry sea from over use and polution 14. Permanently frozen lower layers of soil in the tundra and subarctic regions 15. Name for emperor in Russias past 16. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR 17. Largest country in the world by size 18. A type of animal that is going extinct in Russia 19. Capital of Ukraine 22. Capital of Russia 23. Farm laborer who could be bought and sold along with land 24. Ivan III or also known as "Ivan the Great" made this country independent 26. He was Soviet Unions leader. Millions people were brually murdered or forced into slave labor under this mans rule 28. Capital of Tajikistan 29. These mountains sperate Asia and Russia 30. A sea North West of Russia an inlet of the Barents Sea 31. The worlds largest freshwater lake 32. This mountain is 18,510 feet and can be considered the highest mountain in Europe, but is also the highest point in Russia 33. A type of scarf that grandmas wear, the grandmas are also called this 34. A large open square central Moscow 35. A large sea that seperates Russia and Asia

Down 1. Salt lake between Europe and Asia that is the worlds largest in land body of water 2. Economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government inervention 4. The longest river in Europe 5. A fertile or green area in a desert 9. Vast rolling treeless plain in high latitude climates in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer 10. A peninsula in the North West Russian Federation in Europe, between the White and Barents Sea 11. Russians first president 20. Period between the late 1940's and late 1980's when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for eorld influence without actually fighting each other 21. Partly dry grassland often found on the edges of a desert 25. To change an economy to rely more on manufacturing and less on farming 27. Soviet policy that loosened government controls and permited it's economy to move towards free enterprise