Return to Home Page

1
Return to Home Page
Historical Geography Slides for October 24,
2013 GEOG 433
2
Soviet Development Model
3
USSR Cities
4
Pre-Revolutionary Territorial-Administrative units
5
Administrative Structure

• 1) 15 Union republics, SSRs, ethnic group, RSFSR
• 2) ASSRs, oblasts (regions), krays (territories),
  same level,
• a) ASSR boundaries -ethnic minorities
  (Soviet of Nationalities)
• b) oblast, no significant minority other than
  itiular group,
• functional economic region
• c) kray - more arbitrary, econ-admin
  considerations, 1 or more minor political
  sub-divisions based on ethnic or national groups
• 1) A.O. autonomous oblast
• 2) A.Okr. Autonomous okrug (district)
• 3) rayon

6
Soviet Population Density
7
Soviet Union Population
8
Fig. 1.2 Russia and the NIS
9
Fig. 1.3 Economic Regions of former USSR
9
10
Soviet Republics and Auton. Republics
11
USSR Economic Regions
11
12
USSR Cities
13
Russias Administrative units
14
Fig. 1.1 Russian Federation its republics
14
15
Russia Administrative Divisions
16
Russia Administrative Divisions
17
Russias Ethnic Regions
18
Name/number key to Russian Regions
19
Russias European units
Russias European Units
20
Siberian units
Siberian Units
21
Northern Sea Route 1920-1920
21
22
Labor Camps in European Russia 1937-1957
23
Labor Camps East of the Urals 1918-1958
23
24
Norilsk Industrail Area
25
Vorkuta Municipality
26
Susuman / Magadan