PPT-RUSSIA

2012 Charismatic Legitimacy President Obama met with Prime Minister Vladimir V Putin of Russia second from right at his residence on Tuesday President Obama and President Dmitri A Medvedev at a summit meeting in a Moscow exhibition hall Tuesday The two seemed to develop an easy familiarity by the end of Mr Obamas visit. Conflict in Crimea. Unit 11: Russia and the Post-Soviet Republics. Chapter 5. Geography and Recent History Between Ukraine and Russia. Ukraine was one of 15 separate republics that made up the Soviet Union until Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The Largest region we will study, spanning two continents and including eleven time zones.. Countries as ranked by GDP. Kazakhstan. Turkmenistan. Countries as ranked by land size. Kazakhstan. Russia. 1. According to Gibbs, what caused the famine?. 2. Describe . three (3) examples . of famine in the primary source.. Famine=food shortages=starvation. 3. What could have been done to help the Russian people?. Thomas McHale. Sri . Kankanahalli. State of Europe: 1800s-1850s. State . of Europe. : 1800s-1850s. Britain and France expanded. Russia fell behind. Russia tried to establish ports and a navy in the Black Sea. Tanisha . Kindley. , Alexandra Cannon, . Andrew Tang, & . Jasmine Gosha. Before the industrial revolution had an “absolute monarch and the state had more control over the citizens than anywhere else in the Western world”. Russia Fast Facts. Ethnic Groups: over 190; 78% Russian. Religion: Russian Orthodox 15-20%; Islam 10-15%. Life Expectancy: 70.47 (US. Government: Federation. Economy: Market based, except energy and defense .  . Russia was the largest Republic in the former USSR. But now it has become an independent State.. It is situated in the Eastern part of Europe and in the Northern part of Asia.. The country is washed by 12 seas and three oceans: the Pacific, the Arctic. Physical Geography. Russia…it’s big. Russia’s Land Size. A comparatively small (<145 million[The USSR had 293 m.]) and concentrated population.. Concentrated development.. Multicultural state.. Chapter 9. From Communism to Free Enterprise. Chapter 9. Section 1. Becoming a . Free Market Economy. After the collapse of Communism, Russia moved toward a free market economy. Free Market Economy: People, rather than government, decide what goods and services to produce, how to produce, & who will buy them. Russia - it’s big!. Siberia takes up 77% of its landmass but less than 20% of its population.. Record Low - -68C. Divided by Ural Mountains.. 11 time zones.. Same latitude as Canada.. How Russia became Russia. (2008-2016). January 2017. CONTENTS. Summary. National Member Organization. Some Leading Russian Personalities. Associated with IIASA. Research Partners. Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights. (1750-1914). AP World History: Chapter 18. Russia During the 19. th. Century. STILL had an absolute monarchy (the tsar). No national parliament. No political parties. No nationwide elections. Russian society = dominated by titled nobility. it . descended from the . domra. , an instrument from the . Caucasus region. of Russia. . There . is also similarity to the . Kazakh . dombra. , which has 2 strings, and the . Mongolian . topshur. .. For thousands of years, Slavs lived in the Dnieper River Region. 850 C.E.. Russia settled by . Scandinavians . (called Rus). People from Norway, Sweden, Finland. Main city is Novgorod, then moved to Kiev.