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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 ID: 557358

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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 increaseSlide8
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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)

WWIISlide11
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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?Slide13
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