PPT-Russia

Chapter 13 Section 1 Sweeping Across Eurasia Western Russia vs Eastern Russia Some geographers view Europe and Asia as one continent instead of two These geographers call that continent Eurasia. 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 . 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. 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 . 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. Northern Landforms. Russia and the Republics in size: About 3(x) of the U.S. / 11 times zones/ nearly 1/6. th. of Earth’s land surface. It is the only country to reach two continents (Europe and Asia). . I can analyze different absolute rulers of Russia and analyze whether they were overall good or bad rulers. What’s Different in Russia?. Russia. Western Europe. Labor. Serfs are property. Cannot leave the land. 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. 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). 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. .. Chapter 11 . Bell Ringer March . 26, 2018. Page 311 – Map Lab. What is the elevation of the Ural Mountains? How does the elevation of the Steppes compare with the Ural Mountains? . Determine how density differs west and far east of the Urals. What physical features contributes to the population distribution? . 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.