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Communist and Post-Communist States 2
One of the most important post-Communist states is the Russian Federation. Let’s explore this country, beginning with some of its more important socio-economic characteristics.
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1. Russia is located on two continents. Identify them.
(Correct Answer: Asia and Europe)
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2. How large is Russia in square miles?
(Correct Answer: 6,592,817 square miles)
3. What is Russia’s rank in the world?
(Correct Answer: One)
4. True or False: Russia is nearly twice as large as the next largest country in the world.
(Correct Answer: True)
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5. What is Russia’s population?
(Correct Answer: 146,001 thousands, or 146,001,000)
6. How many countries have larger populations than Russia?
(Correct Answer: Five)
Russia has been experiencing population challenges recently. Let’s explore this.
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7. True or False: Russia has one of the fastest growing populations in the world.
(Correct Answer: False)
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8. What is Russia’s birth rate?
(Correct Answer: 9.02)
9. How many countries have birth rates lower than Russia?
(Correct Answer: Three)
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10. True or False: A majority of the world’s countries have death rates that are lower than Russia’s.
(Correct Answer: True)
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11. What is Russia’s infant mortality rate?
(Correct Answer: 20.33)
12. What is Russia’s world ranking on infant mortality?
(Correct Answer: 114)
13. Identify two factors that might account for the population patterns that you have observed.
(Answers: could include environmental problems, a lack of money for health care, growing poverty, problems associated with the transition from Communism to capitalism, disease, etc.)
Ethnic clashes were one of the reasons for the Soviet Union’s breakup, and they remain important in Russia. Let’s explore ethnic diversity within Russia.
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14. True or False: Ethnic Russians form a majority of Russia’s population.
(Correct Answer: True)
15. What percentage of the Russian Federation’s population consists of non-Russians?
(Correct Answer: 18.5 percent)
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16. What is Russia’s gross domestic product per capita?
(Correct Answer: $4,200)
17. What is Russia’s world rank for gross domestic product per capita?
(Correct Answer: 75)
Russia, like some other countries, is also experiencing challenges related to diseases. Let’s explore one of these.
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18. True or False: Nearly one percent of Russia’s adult population is infected with HIV/Aids.
(Correct Answer: True)
19. True or False: Russia has one of the highest adult HIV/Aids infection rates in the post-Communist world.
(Correct Answer: True)
Russia’s democracy is relatively young, having been established only after the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991, and the transition from a Communist system to a capitalist and democratic society has not always been smooth. Let’s begin our exploration of Russia’s political system by examining some of the key opinions and behaviors exhibited by the Russian people.
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20. True or False: A majority of Russians believe that Russian society must be reformed.
(Correct Answer: True)
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Note: The variables from the Public Opinion Foundation of Russia were obtained from http://bd.english.form.ru/report/map/ed041509
21. What percent of Russians believe that Lenin did more "good" than "harm?"
(Correct Answer: 53 percent)
22. What percent of Russians believe Lenin did more "harm" than "good?"
(Correct Answer: 17 percent)
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23. What percent of Russians believe that Stalin did more "harm" than "good?"
(Correct Answer: 29 percent)
24. True or False: A majority of Russians believe that Stalin either did more "good" than "harm," or are unclear.
(Correct Answer: True)
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25. What percent of Russians believe that the goals of contemporary Communists coincide with their own?
(Correct Answer: 35 percent)
26. True or False: A majority of Russians replied "no" when asked whether they believed that the goals of contemporary Communists coincided with their own.
(Correct Answer: False)
many Russians distrust their government and some have become disillusioned with politics in general. Let’s explore these issues.
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27. What percent of Russians believe politics is either "very" or "rather" important in their lives?
(Correct Answer: 27.8 percent)
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28. What percent of Russians are "active" members of political parties?
(Correct Answer: 0.8 percent)
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29. What percent of Russians possess either "not much" or no confidence in their national government?
(Correct Answer: 74 percent)
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30. True or False: A majority of Russians rate the former Communist regime as relatively good (i.e., they rated it as a 6 or higher)?
(Correct Answer: True)
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31. What percent of Russians rate the current regime as relatively good (i.e., they rated it as a 6 or higher)?
(Correct Answer: 7.4 percent)
32. What percent of Russians rated the current regime as "very bad?" (i.e., they rated it as a 1)?
(Correct Answer: 31.8 percent)
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33. If forced to make a choice between them, what percent of Russians would choose "order" rather than "freedom of the individual?"
(Correct Answer: 45.2 percent)
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34. What percent of Russians believe that the country is run by a few big interests that are "looking out for themselves?"
(Correct Answer: 93.2 percent)
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35. What is Russia’s corruption ranking?
(Correct Answer: 2.4)
36. True or False: Russia has the worst corruption ranking of any of the Communist and post-Communist states.
(Correct Answer: True)
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37. What percent of Russians believe that either "most" or "all" public officials are corrupt?
(Correct Answer: 91.6 percent)
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38. True or False: A majority of Russians believe democracy is either "good" or "very good."
(Correct Answer: True)
It would be reasonable to expect that voter turnout and election outcomes would be affected by the strongly held views many Russians have about politics. Let’s explore these.
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39. What percentage of eligible voters participate in Russian elections?
(Correct Answer: 62.8 percent)
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40. What political bloc received the highest percentage of the vote in the most recent election for the Duma?
(Correct Answer: United Russia)
41. What percentage did that party receive?
(Correct Answer: 37.1 percent)
42. True or False: The Communists received the second most support of any political party in the most recent Duma election.
(Correct Answer: True)
43. Given what you’ve learned about the socio-economic and political conditions in Russia, what do you think Russian democracy will look like in ten years and why?
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