russia’s landscape and history
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Russia’s Landscape and History. Chapter 8. A Vast Landscape. Section 1. Russia is the world’s largest country. Ural Mountains Borders 14 other countries and includes 11 time zones. Russia’s south border is in the middle latitudes where the northern border is in the Arctic Circle. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Chapter 8
*Russia’s Landscape and History
*A Vast Landscape
Section 1
*Russia’s Climate
*Russia is the world’s largest country.*Ural Mountains*Borders 14 other countries and includes
11 time zones.*Russia’s south border is in the middle
latitudes where the northern border is in the Arctic Circle.
*European Russia
*North European Plain*Moscow*St. Petersburg*Steppe*Caucasus Mountains
*East of the Urals
*Siberia*Tundra*Permafrost*The taiga*Southern Siberia*The Kamchatka Peninsula
*Inland Water Areas
*Black Sea*Caspian Sea*Lake Baikal*The Volga River
*P. 242 #2-8
*Bellringer for 11/8/12
*Describe the geography of Russia, 3-5 sentences
*A Troubled History
Section 2
*Early Russia
*Kiev*Kievan Rus
*Muscovy*Ivan III*Ivan the Great
*Rise of the Czars
*Czars*Ivan the Terrible*Ivan IV
*Catherine the Great*Peter the Great*St. Petersburg
*Dramatic Changes
*1812*Napoleon Bonaparte*1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
*Industrialize
*The Soviet Era
*1917*Russian Revolution*Vladimir Lenin
*Growth of Soviet Power*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*Joseph Stalin
*Cold War
*Soviet Collapse
*Mikhail Gorbachev*Perestroika*Free enterprise system*glasnost
*P. 242 #2-8*P. 249 #2-8
*Bellringer for 11/9/12
*Name three landforms that are found in Russia
Chapter 9
*The New Russia and Independent Republics
*From Communism to Free Enterprise
Section 1
*Difficult Changes in Russia
*Communism vs Free Enterprise
*Russia’s Economic Regions
*The Moscow Region*Port Cities*Kaliningrad*St. Petersburg*Murmansk*Vladivostok
*Siberia*The Volga and Urals Region
*Environmental Issues
*Nuclear energy*Air pollution*Life expectancy*Water pollution
*Russia’s People and Culture
Section 2
*Political Challenges
*Today, Russia is a democracy*Also a Federal Republic*Russia’s President*1st Boris Yeltsin*2nd Vladimir Putin*Both strengthened the economy.
*Ethnic Challenges
*Majority group*Slavs who speak Russia
*Minority groups*100 other ethnic groups
*Chechnya
*Daily Life
*Urban and Rural Life*75% of population live in cities
*Religion*Russian Orthodox Church
*Celebrations, foods and sports*Borscht*Shchi*piroshki
*Rich Cultural Traditions
*Skazki*War and Peace*Tchaikovsky*Sleepin gBeauty*The Nutcracker
*The Republics Emerge
Section 3
*Republics of the Caucasus
*Armenia*Erevan
*Azerbaijan*Baku*Cash crops
*Georgia*T’bilisi
*Central Asian Republics
*Kazakhstan*Steppe*nomads
*Uzbekistan*Tashkent*Aral Sea
*Central Asian Republics
*Turkmenistan*Garagum*Ashgabat
*Kyrgyzstan* Tian Shan* Elevation*Bilingual*Bishkek
*Tajikistan* Ismail Samani Peak*Dushanbe