Russia/Soviet Union Crossword

1. Animal that is used as a symbol for Russia.
4. A period in history when the USA and the USSR competed for world influence.
5. Soviet leader who gave people freedoms, causing the government to collapse.
8. A small group of rich people that influence the government.
10. A political action trying to overthrow the government by a small group.
12. A giant communist country formed in 1922 that ended in 1991.
14. A government ruled by one person with total control.
16. A person who is not in the armed forces or police department.
19. When the government took peoples' property in the Soviet Union.
20. A poor person of low social status who has very little.
24. How someone sees something.
27. Country that snuck Lenin into the Russia to start a revolution.
28. Any situation in which no action can be taken or progress can't be made.
29. A Russian Emperor or leader.
30. A competition to have bigger and better weapons.
31. Freedom given to people in the Soviet Union by Gorbachev.

2. A change in power that takes place in a short time.
3. To act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
6. Country that Russia has currently invaded.
7. A ruler with total power over a country (Think North Korea).
9. Current leader of Russia.
11. The mean cruel dictator who ruled the Soviet Union.
13. Samantha ________________, a young girl who visited the Soviet Union.
15. A person sent by a country as its official representative to a foreign country.
17. Owning or controlling the total supply or trade in a good or service.
18. To improve something.
21. A form of government in which the power is held by the nobility and the wealthy. (Think the Disney movie.)
22. Area of the World that the United States is part of.
23. Current president of Ukraine.
25. A type of government as well as an economic plan where everything is equal.
26. Helped start the revolution that overthrew the Tsar.