Question 1

Describe the role that the ethnic-based group known as the Chechens has had with the proliferation of organized crime activities in both Russia and beyond.

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Question 2

_____________ are informal organizations whose members share a set of behaviors and expectations.

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Question 3

The ethnic-based organized group known as the ________________ are reportedly the only criminal group that does not respect the territoriality of the vory.

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Question 4

The _____________,highly regarded thieves who control many of the current Russian organized crime rackets,developed among hardcore prison camp inmates.

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Question 5

Durkheim's concept of _____________ fits Russia's present day situation of social unrest.

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Question 6

Explain the history of the vory,including who they are and what they represent.Next,what happened to the vory during WWII?

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Question 7

A meeting between Russian Mafia bosses to resolve business disputes is the _____________,where both sides are accompanied by armed guards.

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Question 8

How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change Russian organized crime?

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Question 9

The breeding and training ground for Russian organized crime was established during the Soviet _____________ era.

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Question 10

_____________ is an acronym for the Russian prison service and a term used to identify penal colonies.

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Question 11

Russian organized crime has more in common with the historical American _____________ of the early 1900s than with the likes of the original Sicilian Mafia of the 1920s and 30s that impacted such areas as New York City and Chicago.

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Question 12

Semion Mogilevich,a Ukrainian-born Jew with a degree in economics,made his first fortune by defrauding fellow Jews who were fleeing to _____________ before later joining the infamous Moscow-based organized crime group known as the Solntsevo Brotherhood.

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Question 13

In what way did the economic liberalization that transpired after the fall of the Soviet Unionhelp foster and cultivate the growth of organized crime in Russia?

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Question 14

The three overlapping categories of Russian organized crime are sportsmen and veterans,_____________,and the vory.

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Question 15

How was the new vory that emerged in the 1980s different from the previous version of the organization? Why did it change?

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Quiz 6: Russia and the Former Soviet Union