1. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Российская Федерация

2. RUSSIA’S DIMENSIONS Largest country in the world. Spans 11 Time Zones
From East to West: Gulf of Finland to Alaska
From North to South: Above the Arctic Circle to Salt Lake
Twice the size of the United States

3. RUSSIA’S REGIONS Siberia European Russia Russia’s Far East
Eastern Frontier

8. Pink & Red = Vital Agricultural Areas
Green = Little to No Agricultural Activity
Blue = Reindeer Herding

9. RUSSIA’S REGIONS EUROPEAN RUSSIA EASTERN FRONTIER RUSSIA’S FAR EAST
Population and Industrial Center
Volga River is key waterway
Ural mountains are eastern barrier
EASTERN FRONTIER
Borders China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan
Lake Baikal is key area
RUSSIA’S FAR EAST
Limited Accessibility
Asian Frontier?
FISHING – Primary Industry 9

10. SIBERIA
LARGER THAN THE CONTINENTAL U.S., BUT...LESS THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE
CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT
DISTANCE
COLD TEMPERATURES
ARCTIC WINDS
POOR SOILS
RESOURCE POTENTIAL
PRECIOUS MINERALS
METALLIC ORES
OIL AND NATURAL GAS
TIMBER

11. CLIMATE AS A RESTRICTIVE FEATURE
AGRICULTURE
SHORT GROWING SEASONS
EROSION (ACCELERATED BY SNOW MELT)
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS & TRANSPORTATION (limited)
INDUSTRY
HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION (for heat)
EXTRACTION (more expensive in permafrost)