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also admitted the Kremlin did not want a confrontation with Washington over Iraq prompting the influential daily to assert that for Russia 147America is more important than Iraq148 Neverthel. Russia's Human Devolvement Index (HDI) is 0.778. . Its ranking is 57°. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Russia was worth 2096.78 billion US . dollars. Russia’s . per capita GDP is 14,611.70 . USD. The total population . 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. By: Juan Carlos Pineda. Card 1. Source: . http://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/1919/aspects.htm. Subject:. Russian Society Social aspect before the Revolution of 1905. Keywords: . Russian Revolution, Bolshevism, freedom, labor, exploiters.. Trois. . Mousquetaires. (“The Three Musketeers”) described in one of his novels how he rested “under a patulous cranberry.” Actually, a cranberry is a very small bush that flourishes in Russia’s marshlands so it’s hard to imagine the author fitting under one and even harder to imagine him resting in a swamp! Since that time, the phrase “patulous cranberry” has become a Russian idiomatic expression meaning an incompetent or perfunctory . Over the first two and a half years of the war, . Russia.  had experienced heavy defeats against Germany but at the same time had significant successes against Austria-Hungary. In any case, however, the war had become hugely unpopular at home. The Russian death toll was enormous, Russia was continuously losing territory, and the war had sparked food shortages throughout the country. Although there was a certain level of popular sympathy for Serbia, most Russians felt that the country had little to gain in the war and much to lose.. 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 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. Revolution. In the 1700s, Czar Peter the Great expanded & modernized Russia . Peter introduced into Russia Western style navy, fashions, & city-planning. But in the 1800s, Russia failed to keep pace with the rapid changes taking place in Western Europe . . . Challenges and Possible Solution . Oleg Bodrov . JSC Decommission General Director, St. Petersburg, Russia . Risks and Responsibilities in EU Nuclear Projects. Brussels, June 23, 2016. Nuclear Trend . 08 November 2017. 1. Russian Influence in the West. Primarily understood as . Propaganda. Portrays Russia positively and/or the West negatively. Disinformation. Confuses Western audiences with false stories. 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. . Rus. First Russian state is known as . Kievan. . Rus. or the . Kievan. Empire – 850-1240. Rose out of mutual need. Citizens had common goal of survival. Vikings, Scandinavians, Turks, but mostly Vikings (in the north). (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. Russian Revolution From monarchy, Revolution, to Communism Romanov Family Tree Romanov Family Tree Chapter 7, Section 5: Russia: Reform and Reaction ( pg # 246-251) Focus Question: Why did Industrialization and reform come more slowly to Russia than to Western Europe?