Economy of Russia By: Natalie Lunny, James O’Leary, Maura McDonald

What's Good about the economy Large amounts of coal, oil and gas. Minerals like nickel, tin, and gold A large fishing industry Serbia provides wood from forests A lot of manufacturing in western Russia Southwestern Russia produces grains Moscow has a large transportation center

What's bad about the economy Communism, so a command economy They can become unemployed People wouldn’t make goods if there was no profit The high prices make it hard to buy food and clothing Pollution from factories hurts health of Russians Factories pour poisons into water They had a heavy industry which caused pollution

Solutions Since communism failed they changed to a market economy now people can pick their own career People can start their own businesses Store owners can lower prices for food and clothing In the future factories can make more goods

Farming Southwestern Russia grows grains like barley and oats They have dairy cows and cattle They also grow wheat Most of the farming is commercial There is also potatoes, corn, sugar beets, sunflower seeds, and milk

resources There is bauxite in western Russia There is coal in eastern Russia Copper is near the Yekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk Fishing near the sea of Japan Gold Iron ore is found in western Russia Lead Natural gas is also found in western Russia Nickel Petroleum is found in western Russia Tin is found in eastern Russia Zinc is found near the sea of japan

Manufacturing Manufacturing centers are in western Russia Many of the early factories were a heavy industry The factories now changed to light industry Recently they made clothing, shoes, and furniture Now they make consumer goods

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