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2 Elliott Kaduck and Alex Rigby We both work at Language Link and share the job of providing RLUS students in Moscow Kazan Tver and Yaroslavl with advice assistance and support for the. 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 . 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. Obama’s visit. Moscow. – . capital of Russia; the “3. rd. Rome” took the lead in liberating Russia from the Mongols in the 14. th. c.. Ivan III. – . (Ivan the Great). . responsible for freeing Russia from the Mongols; took the title of . 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. 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. Scaling up Spinoff Companies. The World Bank . GDLN. Video Conference – June 16 2011 . 1. The World Bank. Europe and Central Asia Region. Finance and Private Sector Development. Prepared by Paulo Correa and Juan Julio Gutierrez . 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 . By: Marie Claire. Kremlin. Moscow, Russia. Kremlin. It was built in 1995.. 1.5 million people visit the Kremlin in a year.. Interesting fact 1. The Moscow Kremlin is a very old historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow and it has four palaces, four cathedrals, the well-known Kremlin Wall around it and great Kremlin towers.. 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. Francisci WG.4. Russia: The Facts. Largest . nation. in the world (2x size of U.S.). Russia is larger than . Pluto. 25% of Russia is located . in . Europe. . and 75% is located in . Asia. (Eurasia). (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. CHRISTMAS IN RUSSIA By: KOBE JACKLYN Flag Of Russia The Russian flag is red on bottom , blue in the middle and white on top. It was first made in 1923 http://toptravellists.net/russian-flag-wallpaper.html 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.