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Write the question and answer.
Russia was formerly known as the _____ _____, which operated under a ________ regime.
The current president of Russia is ___________.
_______ is the largest country in the world in terms of land mass.
Russia played a key role in what major world events that have occurred in history?Slide2
Russia and the RepublicsSlide3
Questions to ponder
How does the landscape of the northern 2/3 of the region change from west to east?
Which area has the richest agricultural land, the most people, and the largest cities?
What physical features characterize the southern third of Russia and the republics?
It rises in elevation, changing from plains to plateaus to mountains.
Northern European Plain
Mountains, barren uplands, and semiarid grasslandsSlide4
Why is Lake Baikal unique?
What are some of the resources in this area?
Why has it been hard to extract and transport these resources?
What other challenges face leaders of this region?
It is the world’s deepest lake and holds 20% of the world’s fresh water.
Coal, iron ore, oil, natural gas, and timber
Location – many are in areas that have severe climates and difficult terrain
Balancing economic growth with respect for the environmentSlide5
Climate and
Vegetation
Continentality
Extreme temperatures
Precipitation
Tundra
Forest – taiga, coniferous, deciduous and mixedSteppe – temperate grasslands
Grassland – desert and semiarid landsSlide6
Capitals of Russia and the Republics
__________, Russia _________, Kazakhstan
_________,
Kyrgyzstan
_________, Tajikistan_________, Uzbekistan _______, Turkmenistan
_________, Azerbaijan _________, Georgia_________, Armenia _________, Ukraine_________, Moldova _________, Belarus
_________, Lithuania _________, Latvia_________, Estonia
Moscow
Astana
Bishkek
Dushanbe
Tashkent
Ashgabat
Baku
T’bilisi
Yerevan
Kiev
Chisinau
Minsk
Tallinn
Vilnius
RigaSlide7
Shrinking of the Aral Sea
Cause: Water from rivers that feed into the Aral Sea has been diverted for irrigation
Effects:
Decreased amount of water reaching the Aral Sea
Retreating waters expose salt, fertilizers, and pesticides in the sea bed
Windstorms pick up the exposed substances and drop them on people
Diseases and mortality rates increaseSlide8Slide9
1960
2014Slide10
Siberia
32 million people live in this region
Temperatures are the most variable on earth (-90 to 94)
Insects
Permafrost and constructionWarNapoleon (from 100,000 soldiers to less than 10,000)
WWIISlide11Slide12
Trans-Siberian Railroad
5,700 miles
7 time zones
In 12 years, 70,000 workers moved 77million cubic feet of earth and cleared 100,000 acres of forest
Completed in 1904Wanted to populate Siberia to use the resources
In 10 years, almost 5 million settlers moved to SiberiaLinks Moscow to VladivostokMap on page 355What difficulties did the workers face while building?Slide13Slide14Slide15Slide16
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