1. Gaining a sense of scale and space
How big is Russia?
Gaining a sense of scale and space
Lesson 1  Starter

2. The big country

3. How big? 70
times bigger than the UK

4. 70 times bigger

5. How big?
17million
square kilometres

6. How big? 2
times the size of the USA

7. USA compared with Russia

8. How big? 9
time zones

9. Time zones

10. How many neighbours? 14
Can you name them?

11. Russia spans Two continents
Europe Asia

12. Russia facts Its land area is 16,995,800 km square.
Its largest river is the Volga, which is nearly 5,000 km long.
It has the biggest area of forest on the planet.
It has the 9th largest population in the world.
It has the greatest number of nuclear weapons.

13. Picture credits
Slide 2, 7, 10, 12 Wiki Commons