Russia and the Eurasian Republics

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Russia and the Eurasian Republics

• Eleven Time Zone - Russia covers 11 time zones,
  it is by far the worlds biggest country.

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• Chernozem soil --the black earth belt_at_ from
  western Ukraine to southwestern Siberia, contains
  the areas richest soil. Good for growing grains
  makes this the areas breadbasket

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• Caspian Sea - largest inland body of water in the
  worldLake Baikal - the worlds deepest lake.

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• Volga - the longest river in European Russia
• Ob - one of many rivers which flow northward
• Amur - the only river in Siberia which doesnt
  flow northward. Its valley is a food-producing
  area.

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• Mineral deposits - Russia and the republics have
  almost every mineral used in industry.
• Energy Resources - the Volga provides
  hydroelectricity, Russia and nearly all the
  republics have natural gas and oil.

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• Tundra Taiga - vast treeless snowy plains and
  coniferous forest cover most of Siberia.
• Humid Continental - this areas humid continental
  climate has the widest range of temperatures
  between highs and lows of any area in the world.

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• Steppe - another one of the major climates of the
  region short grasslands.

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Make a time-line including the following
information use pages 311-315

• Slavs settle eastern Europe
• In the 800s..
• By the 900s..
• In the early 1200s
• Finally, in the 1400s.
• In the late 1500s.
• In the late 1600s.
• By the late 1800s..
• In March of 1917.
• In Nov. 1917.
• In 1921.
• In 1922 (the next year)..
• From the late 1920s until World War II..
• From W.W.II to 1985..
• By mid-December 1991, all the ..so the Soviet
  Union simply collapsed.

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• Slavs - the Ethnic group (nationality) which is
  in the majority in Russia, Belarus, and the
  Ukraine - -they tend to be Christians

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• Turks - the nationality which makes up the
  majority of Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tatars, and
  Turks. - they tend to be Muslims
• Caucasians - The people of Armenia and Georgia
  are from this ethnic group, they are Christians
  and the Armenians were the victims of a genocide
  attempt early in the 20th century.

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• Varangians--Another name for the Vikings who
  intermingled with the Slavs of Russia

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• Mongols - invaded and ruled Russia for 200 years,
  held back Russian advancement.

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The future Czar Nick II

• Czars - Ivan III, who threw out the Mongols, was
  the first Czar (king). Czars ruled Russia from
  the 1400s until 1917.
• Peter the Great - Czar who wanted expansion and
  modernization, built St. Petersburg.

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• Bolsheviks - Lenin - The Bolsheviks, led by
  Lenin, overthrew the government and set up a
  Communist government in 1917.

Socialists Republics, the name used by the
communists for all they territory they ruled,
Russia plus other areas where Russians were not
in the majority
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• Socialists Republics, the name used by the
  communists for all they territory they ruled,
  Russia plus other areas where Russians were not
  in the majority.

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• Stalin Lenins successor who ruthlessly ruled
  Russia from the late 1920s into the
  1950s.perestroika and glasnost - restructuring
  and openness--Reforms that Gorbachev tried to
  institute. They unleashed forces he could not
  contain.

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• Use pages 327-333 to complete the chart in the
  next frame

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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Economy
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Few Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the fall of Communism
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
Agriculture
Ties to the World
Communication
Travel
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Under the U.S.S.R. Since the Fall of the Communists
Command Economy--State owned controlled most businessesconcentrated on heavy industry, black market existed Economy Demand Economyinflation, more consumer goods, some unemployment
Government was the only employer Industry More individual control
State Owned or collective farms Agriculture More individual control
Few Ties to the World Opened trade w. China elsewhere
Communication
Travel
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• struggles since 1990
• Russia had a free election
• an attempted coup against Gorbachev failed,
• the Soviet republics declared their
  independence
  from the U.S.S.R.
• The U.S.S.R. simply ceased to exist.
• The Confederation of Independent States (CIS)
  has replaced the U.S.S.R. But is very weak.
• All of the former republics are switching from
  communism to capitalism and from dictatorships to
  democracy, it has been a rough switch.

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the Cultural Landscape of Russia and the former
Soviet Republics
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Saint Basils Cathedral
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The Technicolor version
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Another church
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Samovars
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Dolls
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icons
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More icons
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Faberge
Eggs
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Siberian Villages
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Saint Petersburg
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The Kremlin
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More pictures from Moscow ?
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