Russia and the Eurasian Republic

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• Russia and the Eurasian Republic
• A. Location
• 1. Borders the Arctic and Pacific Oceans
• 2. Located on European and Asian continents
• 3. Chukchi Peninsula-separated from Alaska by
  50 miles

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• Land
• 1. stretches nearly halfway around the globe
• 2. Ural Mountains (runs North and South
• a. divide Russia into European and Asian
  Sections
• 3. North European Plains
• a. Fertile plain
• b. mild climate
• c. 75 of the people live here
• 4. Caucasus Mts.
• a. covered with pine and other trees
• 5. Siberia (means sleeping land)
• a. sparsely populated
• b. one of the coldest climates in the world
• c. Tundras- frozen treeless plains
• permafrost- permanently frozen layers of
  ground
• d. Southern Siberia- home of the Siberian tiger

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Siberian Tiger
Siberian landscape
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C. Waterways 1. Caspian Sea (Salt Lake in
Southern Russia) a. largest inland body of
water in the world 2. Lake Baikal a. worlds
deepest freshwater lake b. Paper mill has
polluted the area (major source of income for
the region 3. Volga River a. longest river
in Europe b. major transportation route 4.
Lena River 5. Ob River
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D. Climate 1. North (near the Arctic)
winters long, dark and cold a. Many ports
close in the winter due to ice 2. East- short
summers long, snowy winters 3. West- humid
continental climate a. Railroads, rivers, and
canals are important means of
getting around
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E. Early Russia 1. Muscovy (Russia) was led
by czars 2. Mongols conquered the area 3.
Ivan I (Kalita) a. means moneybags, only
interested in himself and money
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4. Ivan III a. Freed Russia
from the Mongols 5. Ivan IV (Ivan the
Terrible) a. believed he would gain respect
through fear b. had St. Basils Cathedral
built c. had the architect blinded d.
Brought books, music and art to the Russian
people
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6. Peter the Great a. brought shipbuilding
to Russia b. made it modern c. built the first
port city St. Petersburg
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Dress before Peter the Great
Dress after Peter
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7. Alexander II a. Freed the serfs b.
serf-based economy hurting Russia as a great
military power
After several assassination attempts
Alexander was finally killed in 1881 by a radical
group who wanted to end the rule of the czars and
establish a Constitution.
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• The Russian Revolution
• Russia was involved in World War I
• They were on the losing side
• The czar wasnt interested

• Czar Nicholas II czar of Russia in 1914
• More concerned with his family than with running
• the country
• had a sick son
• his wife believed a con artist Rasputin
• could cure her son
• Forced to abdicate the throne in 1917
• Abdicate give up the throne
• He and his 5 children were killed a year later

• Bolsheviks led the revolution that took over the
  throne
• a. Bolshevik Revolution

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Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandria
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Rasputin
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Bloody Sunday
Bolshevik Revolution
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4. Vladimir Lenin a. encouraged Bolsheviks
to overthrow the government led a
second revolution and established a
Socialist government b. based on the
teachings of Karl Marx c. Government has
control, distributes everything to the people
Karl Marx
Vladimir Lenin
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