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Russia and the Eurasian Republics
  • Eleven Time Zone - Russia covers 11 time zones,
    it is by far the worlds biggest country.

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  • Chernozem soil --the black earth belt_at_ from
    western Ukraine to southwestern Siberia, contains
    the areas richest soil. Good for growing grains
    makes this the areas breadbasket

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  • Caspian Sea - largest inland body of water in the
    worldLake Baikal - the worlds deepest lake.

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  • Volga - the longest river in European Russia
  • Ob - one of many rivers which flow northward
  • Amur - the only river in Siberia which doesnt
    flow northward. Its valley is a food-producing
    area.

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  • Mineral deposits - Russia and the republics have
    almost every mineral used in industry.
  • Energy Resources - the Volga provides
    hydroelectricity, Russia and nearly all the
    republics have natural gas and oil.

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  • Tundra Taiga - vast treeless snowy plains and
    coniferous forest cover most of Siberia.
  • Humid Continental - this areas humid continental
    climate has the widest range of temperatures
    between highs and lows of any area in the world.

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  • Steppe - another one of the major climates of the
    region short grasslands.

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Make a time-line including the following
information use pages 311-315
  • Slavs settle eastern Europe
  • In the 800s..
  • By the 900s..
  • In the early 1200s
  • Finally, in the 1400s.
  • In the late 1500s.
  • In the late 1600s.
  • By the late 1800s..
  • In March of 1917.
  • In Nov. 1917.
  • In 1921.
  • In 1922 (the next year)..
  • From the late 1920s until World War II..
  • From W.W.II to 1985..
  • By mid-December 1991, all the ..so the Soviet
    Union simply collapsed.

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  • Slavs - the Ethnic group (nationality) which is
    in the majority in Russia, Belarus, and the
    Ukraine - -they tend to be Christians

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  • Turks - the nationality which makes up the
    majority of Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tatars, and
    Turks. - they tend to be Muslims
  • Caucasians - The people of Armenia and Georgia
    are from this ethnic group, they are Christians
    and the Armenians were the victims of a genocide
    attempt early in the 20th century.

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  • Varangians--Another name for the Vikings who
    intermingled with the Slavs of Russia

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  • Mongols - invaded and ruled Russia for 200 years,
    held back Russian advancement.

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The future Czar Nick II
  • Czars - Ivan III, who threw out the Mongols, was
    the first Czar (king). Czars ruled Russia from
    the 1400s until 1917.
  • Peter the Great - Czar who wanted expansion and
    modernization, built St. Petersburg.

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  • Bolsheviks - Lenin - The Bolsheviks, led by
    Lenin, overthrew the government and set up a
    Communist government in 1917.

Socialists Republics, the name used by the
communists for all they territory they ruled,
Russia plus other areas where Russians were not
in the majority
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  • Socialists Republics, the name used by the
    communists for all they territory they ruled,
    Russia plus other areas where Russians were not
    in the majority.

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  • Stalin Lenins successor who ruthlessly ruled
    Russia from the late 1920s into the
    1950s.perestroika and glasnost - restructuring
    and openness--Reforms that Gorbachev tried to
    institute. They unleashed forces he could not
    contain.

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  • Use pages 327-333 to complete the chart in the
    next frame

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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Economy
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Few Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Few Ties to the World Opened trade w. China elsewhere
Communication
Travel
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  • struggles since 1990
  • Russia had a free election
  • an attempted coup against Gorbachev failed,
  • the Soviet republics declared their
    independence
    from the U.S.S.R.
  • The U.S.S.R. simply ceased to exist.
  • The Confederation of Independent States (CIS)
    has replaced the U.S.S.R. But is very weak.
  • All of the former republics are switching from
    communism to capitalism and from dictatorships to
    democracy, it has been a rough switch.

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the Cultural Landscape of Russia and the former
Soviet Republics
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Saint Basils Cathedral
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The Technicolor version
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Another church
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Samovars
Or tea servers
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Dolls
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icons
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More icons
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Faberge
Eggs
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Siberian Villages
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Saint Petersburg
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The Kremlin
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More pictures from Moscow ?
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