The U.S.S.R., Russia, and Neighbors

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The U.S.S.R., Russia, and Neighbors

• Dr. Roy Cole
• GPY 235 World Regional Geography

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Characteristics of Russia (and the former
U.S.S.R.)

• Size.
• Neighbors.
• Location.
• Ethnicity.
• Population density.
• Population growth.
• Population spatial concentration.
• Spatial inequality.
• Path to development.
• Relations with its neighbors.
• Persistent environmental problems.

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Characteristics of Russia9. A different path to
development
The doctrine of the Soviet model of development
The Communist Manifesto

• Abolition of property in land.
• A heavy progressive income tax.
• Abolition of all right of inheritance.
• Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and
  rebels.
• Centralization of credit in the hands of the
  State in a national bank with an exclusive
  monopoly.
• Centralization of the means of communication and
  transport in the hands of the State.
• Extension of factories and instruments of
  production owned by the State.
• Equal liability of all to labour.
• Establishment of industrial armies, especially
  for agriculture.
• Combination of agriculture with manufacturing
  industries.
• Gradual abolition of the distinction between town
  and country by a more equitable distribution of
  population over the country.
• Free education for all children in public
  schools.
• Abolition of childrens factory labour in its
  present form.
• Combination of education with industrial
  production.

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Characteristics of Russia9. A different path to
development
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• The Soviet model of development the reality
• Communists took control of a shattered economy in
  1917.
• The principal problem after the Bolshevik
  Revolution
• How did they do it?
• Impacts?
• Agriculture.
• Industry.
• Environment.
• World opposition to communism.