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RUSSIA ANDTHE REPUBLICS
Physical Geography of Physical Geography of Russia and the RepublicsRussia and the Republics
Chernozem
Chernozem: (black earth)
World’s most fertile soil
75% of Russia’s population lives here
Stretches 1,000 miles
The mountain ranges that separate the
Northern European and West Siberian
Plains; the dividing line between Europe and
Asia
Includes the countries:
Armenia, Georgia, & Azerbaijan
Caucasus Mtns.
Central Asia Countries
Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Volga River
Longest in European continent
Lake Baikal
Caspian Sea
Saltwater Lake
Aral Sea
Dense Forests
Coal
Hydroelectric Power
Oil
Russia’s Russia’s 1010 Time ZonesTime ZonesRussia’s Russia’s 1010 Time ZonesTime Zones
Siberia --> Siberia --> PermafrostPermafrostSiberia --> Siberia --> PermafrostPermafrost
e Average temperatures of January Average temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C July from 1 to 25°C
e 150,000,000 population.150,000,000 population.e A former “A former “gulaggulag”” Soviet prison camp. Soviet prison camp.
Lake Baikal, SiberiaLake Baikal, SiberiaLake Baikal, SiberiaLake Baikal, Siberia
e The oldest and The oldest and deepestdeepest lake in the world. lake in the world.
e 20% of the world’s 20% of the world’s totaltotal unfrozen water supply. unfrozen water supply.
Major Regional Divisions of Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.the Former U. S. S. R.
Major Regional Divisions of Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.the Former U. S. S. R.
Chernozen SoilChernozen Soil
Section Two:
Climate and Vegetation
SteppesSteppes: “Soviet” : “Soviet” BreadbasketBreadbasket
SteppesSteppes: “Soviet” : “Soviet” BreadbasketBreadbasket
Largest forest on the earth; lies
south of the Arctic Circle in Eurasia.
The taiga contains primarily
coniferous (cone bearing) trees.
Section Three:
Human Environment Interaction
As cold as -90 degrees
As hot at 94 degrees
5,700 miles long
Crosses 7 time zones
Connects Moscow to Vladivostok
Trans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian Railroad
e Completed in Completed in 1905.1905.
Trans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian RailroadTrans-Siberian Railroad
e TThe main line runs 5,785 miles.he main line runs 5,785 miles.
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY HUMAN GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA AND THE OF RUSSIA AND THE
REPUBLICSREPUBLICS
Estonia,Latvia, andLithuania, located on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea
Republics• Armenia• Georgia• Azerbaijan• Gateway between
Europe and Asia• Trade routes
through the Black Sea
Georgia
ArmeniaAzerbaijan
Two of the oldest Christian countries
in the world
Converted to Islam in the 7th century
by invaders
Czarist Rule:•1723
•Control of Azerbaijan
•1801
•Control of Georgia
•1828
•Control of Armenia
Soviet Rule:•1920s
•Red Army takes control of Transcaucasia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Armenia
Grapes for wine
Oil
Tea
•Kazakhstan
•Kyrgyzstan
•Turkmenistan
•Tajikistan
•Uzbekistan
These countries were on the SILK
ROAD trading route.
A struggle between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for control of Central Asia in the 19th century.
Russia wins control of the region in 1920 and remains in control until 1991.
Nuclear Testing in this region
caused increase in leukemia,
thyroid cancer, birth defects, and mental
illness.
Nations all over the world are beginning to compete for profits from the region’s newly discovered oil resources.
The emperor of Russia prior to
the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the subsequent
creation of the Soviet Union in
1922.
One of Russia’s most famous Czars was Peter the Great.
The revolt of 1917, in which
the Russian Communist
Party, led by V.I. Lenin, took
control of the government from
the czars.
V.I. Lenin, leader of the Communist Party.
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or Soviet Union,
formed in 1922 by the Communists and officially
dissolved in 1991.
the conflict between the United States and the Soviet
Union after World War II, called “cold” because it
never escalated into open warfare Can you identify the men in this photo collage?
A type of economic system in which production of goods and services is determined by a central government, which
usually owns the means of production. Also called a planned economy.
TODAY’S ISSUES: RUSSIA AND THE REPUBLICS
+ Remained a part + Remained a part of Russia after the of Russia after the collapse of the collapse of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
+ Has experienced + Has experienced more violence than more violence than any other republicany other republic
+ Chechnya + Chechnya declared declared independence from independence from Russia and so Russia and so Russia invaded Russia invaded them leading to them leading to 100,000 casualties 100,000 casualties in the 1990’sin the 1990’s
The selling of government
owned business to private citizens
A term referring to A term referring to the concept that the concept that
increasing increasing distances between distances between
places tend to places tend to reduce interaction reduce interaction
among themamong them..
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