Fill in the Blanks Russia ReviewOnline version Fill in the blanks review- Russia by Melanie Beran 1 communist Stalin Soviet War Putin Cold million Ural unlimited Moscow Union resources 1991 nuclear Siberia freedom Russia Russia was once called the . The Soviet Union was a country , meaning all businesses and political activities were controlled by the government . Communism an government and often leads to dictatorship . One dictator in the Soviet Union was Joseph . His name means " Man of Steel . " He killed over 30 people through executions , starvation , and exile to labor camps in Siberia . is a huge , frozen region of Russia . Very few people live there because it is so cold and icy . There are not many people in Siberia , but the area has lots of like coal , oil , and natural gas . Siberia is separated from western Russia by the mountains . Most Russians live in western Russia and that is where the capital , , is . The Soviet Union and the United States were in the for many years . This means they never fought a violent war , but there was a long period of distrust . Both countries also spent lots of time and money building and storing weapons . The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in . The Soviet Union became the current country , . Modern Russia has been controlled by Vladimir Putin since 1999 . Since then , has been either president or prime minister . Many Russians and people around the world do not trust him . With Putin in charge , Russian citizens do not have the to do many things Americans can do like freely speak or protest the government .
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