Russia USSR World Geography

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Across
  1. 2. Russian Tittle for Head of state...Putin
  2. 4. World's Largest inland Body of water
  3. 6. Vast Northern region of Russia with long harsh winters
  4. 8. Space station of the Soviets that operated 1986 to 2001
  5. 9. Treaty Signed in 1972 between US and USSR to limit Nuclear Weapons
  6. 11. Russian Capitol formerly Leningrad
  7. 12. Large Controversial Region annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014
  8. 13. Policy of Gorbachev of openness in 1980s
  9. 15. Longest river in Europe Valdai Hills to Caspian Sea
  10. 16. Soviet secret Police agency notorious for repression
  11. 17. Conflict with no fighting but involved spies and arms build up between US and USSR
  12. 18. First Leader of the Soviet Union
Down
  1. 1. WW2 leader of Russia following Lenin, and Famous for Purges
  2. 3. Major Turning point in WW2 with heavy losses but Nazis were repelled
  3. 5. Political Ideology that became state doctrine of USSR
  4. 7. Capitol City of Russian Empire on the Neva River
  5. 10. 1991 marked the fall or ______ of the USSR
  6. 14. Russian Leader who introduced PERESTROIKA