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Russia. Unit 5. Regional Atlas. Chapter 14. Kamchatka Peninsula. The Rivers. The Amur River… The Volga River…. Climates. Steppe… ~dry summers and long, cold, and dry winters ~Rich soil Humid Continental…
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Russia Unit 5
Regional Atlas Chapter 14
The Rivers • The Amur River… The Volga River…
Climates • Steppe… ~dry summers and long, cold, and dry winters ~Rich soil • Humid Continental… ~Temperatures range from 9 degrees to 14 degrees (January to June) and 66 degrees to 99 degrees (July to December) ~fertile grasslands and forests
Climates • Subarctic… ~ Taiga • Tundra… ~ “Treeless plain” ~Siberia ~Many weeks of darkness and few weeks of light • Highland…
Land and soil • Permafrost… Chernozem…
Lakes • Caspian Sea… Lake Baikal…
Dardanelles ~A strait that provides access to the Mediterranean sea
Russian Size • Largest geographic nation the world
Culture and History Chapter 15
Ethnic Groups • The Slavs… ~most influence • Caucasians… • Turkic people…
Language and Religion • Languages… ~over 100 languages spoken, but mainly Russian spoke • Religions… ~Russian Orthodox
Fall of The Soviet Union • Glasnot and Perestroika… • December 25,1991
Trans-Siberian Railroad • Constructed between 1891 – 1916 • Moscow to Vladivostok (5,800 miles)
Economy, Leadership, and Nuclear Weapons Chapter 16
Soviet Command Economy • Under Communism, The Soviet Union was a Command Economy ~Unemployment was nearly nonexistent but wages were low
Market Economy • Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin…
Privatization • 90% of price controls removed ~Change to private ownership of property • Many Russians invested out of Country
The Black Market in Russia • Illegal trade and High Prices
The Russian Ruble • 0.016 US dollars are equal to 1 Russian Ruble
Vladimir Putin • October 7, 1952 (age 63) in Saint Petersburg • Putin has been the Prime Minister (1999-2000) ,President of Russia (2000-2008) , Prime Minister (2008-2012) and again President (2012-current)
Chernobyl • 1986- a fire in the town released radioactivity, 400 times more powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshima • Prevailing winds made other countries suffer too • Millions continue to suffer, thousands died and 350,000 were displaced because the Soviets were slow to alert
Nuclear Weapons • High Stockpile left over from Cold war