1. 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

2. 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

3. Siberian Tiger
Siberian landscape

4. 1. Caspian Sea (Salt Lake in Southern Russia)
C. Waterways
1. Caspian Sea (Salt Lake in Southern Russia)
a. largest inland body of water in the world
2. Lake Baikal
a. world’s 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

5. 1. North (near the Arctic) winters long, dark and cold
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

6. 1. Muscovy (Russia) was led by czars 2. Mongols conquered the area
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

7. a. Freed Russia from the Mongols 5. Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)
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. Basil’s Cathedral built
c. had the architect blinded
d. Brought books, music and art to the Russian
people

9. a. brought shipbuilding to Russia b. made it modern
6. Peter the Great
a. brought shipbuilding to Russia
b. made it modern
c. built the first port city: St. Petersburg

10. Dress before Peter the Great
Dress after Peter

12. b. serf-based economy hurting Russia as a great military power
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.

13. The Russian Revolution
Russia was involved in World War I
They were on the losing side
The czar wasn’t 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

14. Czar Nicholas and his wife Alexandria

16. Rasputin

17. Bloody Sunday
Bolshevik Revolution

18. 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