History of Russia

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History of Russia

• By Miss Berenbrok

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Pointers

• Display 3 important general facts about Russia
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

3
Important Landforms

• Ural Mountains
• Volga River
• 2 Plains
• See book

4
Climate

• Coldest place on Earth use permafrost, tundra,
  taiga
• Picture, p. 410, and website

5
Trans-Siberian Railroad

• 3 facts about it and picture
• See worksheet and websites
• www.geographia.com/russia/transib01.htm

6
Siberian Tiger

• 3 facts and picture
• (what is happening to them, how many of them are
  there left)
• See websites
• www.worldkids.net/critters/mammals/tiger1.htm
• www.pbs.org/kratts/world/eurasia/tiger.index.html

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Czars

• Who are they
• Peter the great (p. 425)
• Anastasia wikipedia Anastasia
• Pictures
• See websites
• www.alexanderpalace.org/palace/index.html
• www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/programs/2209_anast
  asi.html

8
Faberge Egg

• What are they
• Why are they so special
• Picture
• p. 426 and website
• http//users.vnet/schulman/Faberge/eggs.html

9
MIR Space Station

• What is it
• When was it launched
• When did it end
• Why is it so important
• (p. 429 and website)
• http//liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/rsa/mir.html

10
Russian Architecture

• Find 3 interesting pictures displaying Russian
  Architecture and write a caption for each. Each
  picture needs its own slide.
• See website
• www.Wikipedia.com Russian architecture