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Russia Largest country …

Russia On 2 continents What divides Europe & Asia?

Europe / Asia Division Black Sea Caucasus Mtns. Caspian Sea Ural Mtns.

Caucasus Mtns. & Ural Mtns. Highest Mountains… –Mt. Elbrus

CAUCASUS MTNS

Caucasus Mtns. Winter Olympics –Sochi

Caucasus Mtns. Rugged terrain Diversity –Chechnya

European Russia Mostly flat –Rivers

Volga River

Russia’s History Russian Empire ‘til 1917 –Czars

Russian Empire Expanded from Moscow Conquered …

Russia’s History Revolution in 1917 –Led by Vladimir Lenin  Lenin - died in 1920s

Religion in Russia

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader 1920s-1950s Gulag labor camps Industrialization WWII

Soviet Industry “Command Economy” Lack of competition/capitalism

Soviet Industry Low priority: –Environment –Industrial Safety Chernobyl (Ukraine)

Soviet Union Broke apart 1991 Now 15 separate countries

Countries from former Soviet Union Russia Est, Lat, Lith Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova

Russia’s Population Russia: #___ in World Population is Declining

Russia’s Economy Oil Mainly in Siberia Global Warming

Russian Cities Moscow

St. Petersburg Capital

St. Petersburg Built by …

St. Petersburg “Venice of the North” “Leningrad”

St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum

Moldova 1991 Language

Moldova Religion

Moldova’s Economy Agriculture

Ukraine Was important part of Soviet Union –Productive …

Ukraine’s Environment Climate Black-soil –Agriculture Ukraine’s Flag…

GOOD-BYE EUROPE!