Russia Review

The political system put in place by the Russian Constitution in 1993 can best be described as________

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a hybrid presidential-parliamentary system.

 


The 20th century Communist leader was the most open to western-style reforms.

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Mikhail Gorbachev

 


In The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx predicted that capitalism would no longer be a viable economic system after ____________.

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the revolution of the proletariat.

 


One of the most important long-term influences that Peter the Great had on the development of Russia was ______________.

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the creation of the conflict between Slavic and western traditions.

 


The relationship between Boris Yeltsin and the Duma during the 1990s can best be described as ________________.

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so stormy the government’s effectiveness was seriously hampered.

 


“Shock Therapy” in modern Russian politics is a reference to

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the sudden free-market economic reform accompanied by rapid democratic political reform.

 


Recruitment of Communist Party leaders under the old Soviet Union took place through _____________.

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nomenklatura.

 


Political parties in Russia tend to base their organization on _______.

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the appeal of particular leaders

 


In comparison to the European Union, The Confederation of Independent States is _______________.

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much weaker

 


The Constitution of 1993 gave teh Russian Duma the power to veto _______

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the president’s appointment of the prime minister.

 


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