Eastern Europe and Russia

4. the Asian side of Russia where many resources are found
8. divides the continents of Europe and Asia in Russia
13. group of people who migrated across Europe to Ukraine and Russia setting up trade routes in Muscovy and Kiev
14. frozen ground that makes it difficult to extract resources and build on
16. Kamchatka Peninsula is warmer than other parts of Russia because it is near this body of water
19. group that overthrew the monarchy in Russia and set up the Soviet Union
22. clean and powerful energy source
23. ideology spread by the Soviet Union to other Eastern European countries
24. these industries grew under Putin

1. group of Mongols ousted from Russia
2. Overthrew the Mongols, setting up tsardom and imperial Russia.
3. peninsula with 160 volcanoes in the Far East of Russia
5. country created after WWI out of the land that was formerly Austria-Hungary
6. deepest lake in the world holding 20% of Earth's freshwater
7. group forcibly removed during the ethnic conflicts of Yugoslavia's breakup
9. vast grasslands of Russia
10. location of Chernobyl
11. Yugoslavia started to weaken after the death of this leader
12. the most powerful region of Yugoslavia
15. in a ______ economy, the people make economic decisions with minor government intervention
17. abundant energy source but causes pollution
18. in a _____ economy, the government controls all aspects of the economy
20. formerly part of Yugoslavia and northwest of Croatia
21. Leader of Russia since 2000