Across
- 4. layer of soil beneath the surface that remains frozen throughout the year
- 9. sparsely populated and has few large population centers
- 11. longest river in Europe
- 13. Russian legislature
- 15. Russia's 21 self-governing areas
- 17. rich black soil in Russia
- 18. means openness
- 20. created the USSR
Down
- 1. territories that are governed by Moscow
- 2. lake formed from tectonic plate separation
- 3. increased the power of the president
- 5. world's longest continuous forest
- 6. title that refers to the rulers of the Russian Revolution of 1917
- 7. responsible for reforms that led eventually to the fall of the Soviet Empire
- 8. a high mountain located in Russia
- 10. another name for Russia and its satellite states
- 12. large region or administrative district similar to a state or province
- 14. dominant religion in Russia
- 16. formed the CIS
- 19. means restructuring