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With a land area of 6.5 million sq. miles,Russia is the largest country in the world
Population estimates 148 millionpeople
Russia is one of the most sparselypopulated countries in the world
The population is predominantly urban
Russia is so large, that the climate variesgreatly throughout the country
Russia has 11 time zones
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Russia is bounded by the Arctic and Pacific Oceans
Ural mountains divide Eurasian continent andRussia - to Europe and Asia (78% live west of Urals)
Boundaries with 13 countries
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Central Russia has a continental climate Summers are hot and short, while the winters
are cold and long.
A Russian winter is famous for its frigid
temperatures. Much of Russia is covered by snow six months
of year.
It has to be lived through to be reallyappreciated. Winter starts in October and
continues through March (November-Januaryare the darkest months)
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862 founding of Kievan Rus by VikingRurik, the birth of what became the Russianstate
Mid-13thcentury Mongol Horde invasion 1480 Moscow liberated from Tatar
(Mongol) yoke 1613 Rurik dynasty ended, Romanov
dynasty begins (ends 1917) 1812 Napoleon failed in his attempt to
conquer Russia (after occupying Moscow)
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October 1917 Bolsheviks seized control(led by Lenin)
1922 USSR established 1941-1945 WWII (Great Patriotic War),
Russia loses 1/6 of its population (~ 30 mln)
Stalins purges an additional 20 to 40 mln 1991 USSR is formally dissolved, Yeltsin
became the new president; CIS is formed 2000 Putin is elected president of Russia
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CLIMATE
AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR A GIVEN
AREA OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME
WEATHER
REFERS TO THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS AT A
SPECIFIC PLACE AND TIME
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Affected by 3 natural
conditions:-- Latitudinal Position-- Continental Position-- Location of majormountains
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Tundra Treeless plain along the Arctic
Moss, lichen, grass
Taiga Coniferous (pain) forests south of the Tundra,
extending over Siberia (sleeping land) Steppe
Like our Prairie with short grasses that are foundin dry areas that have hot summers and coldwinters
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THE URAL MOUNTAINS
The north-south length covers 2500 kms.
The highest points are in the Northern
Urals-2000 meters in places.
Ural forests and minerals have been thebasis for industrialization and boast at least
twenty different commercially usable
minerals.
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SOVIET LEGACY Revolution (1905-1917) Bolsheviks majority) versusMensheviks
minority)
The Red Army v. the White Army
V.I. Lenin(Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov) Capital: Petrograd to Moscow (1918)
FEDERATION/FEDERAL STRUCTURE USSR(Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) -1924
RUSSIFICATION
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Czarism
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Lenin 1918 - 1927)
Introduced Marxist philosophy
Developed national economic plans
Established Soviet political structure based onethnic identities
Stalin 1927 - 1953)
All assets nationalized
Collectivized farming sovkhoz)
SOVIETLEADERS
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Kruschev 1953 - 1964)
Greater emphasis on agriculture
Breshnev 1964 - 1982)
Height of the Cold War
Military/industrial economy Economic stagnation (agriculture)
SOVIET LEADERS
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Gorbachev 1985 - 1991)
Initiated economic and political reform PERESTROIKA
Intended to produce major changes to boththe economic and political system
Economic aim: to catch up with westerneconomies
Political aim: reform of the Communist Party
GLASNOST
Policy of encouraging greater openness inboth internal and external affairs
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A sharp declinein agricultural & industrialproduction
Intensification of ethno-cultural nationalism&separatism
Unity of the Soviet Union (macro) & unity of republics(micro) threatened
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION(Conditions in 1990 & 1991)
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The emergence of a commonwealth ofSlavic countries to replace the Soviet Union
Commonwealth of Independent States
The resignation of President Gorbachev
COLLAPSE OF THE SOVIET UNION(Conditions in 1990 & 1991)
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RUSSIAS ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS
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Orthodox
Muslim
Protestant
Roman Catholic
Jewish
Other
55%
18%
10% 7% 5% 5%
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