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RUSSIA , MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

RUSSIA'S DIMENSIONS. SPANS 11 TIME ZONESGULF OF FINLAND TO ALASKA (WEST TO EAST), AND WELL ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TO SALT LAKE CITY (NORTH TO SOUTH)TWICE THE SIZE OF THE US OR CHINASIBERIA:

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RUSSIA , MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES

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    1. RUSSIA , MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC QUALITIES IMMENSE TERRITORIAL STATE NORTHERNMOST LARGE AND POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD A FORMER WORLD COLONIAL POWER A COMPARITIVELY SMALL (<145 MILLION) AND CONCENTRATED POPULATION CONCENTRATED DEVELOPMENT MULTICULTURAL STATE MINIMAL PORTS

    2. RUSSIA�S DIMENSIONS SPANS 11 TIME ZONES GULF OF FINLAND TO ALASKA (WEST TO EAST), AND WELL ABOVE THE ARCTIC CIRCLE TO SALT LAKE CITY (NORTH TO SOUTH) TWICE THE SIZE OF THE US OR CHINA SIBERIA: �SLEEPING LAND�

    3. SIZE, LOCATION AND SPACE RELATIONSHIPS LATITUDINAL EXTENT NORTHERNMOST POINT: RUDOLF ISLAND IN FRANZ JOSEPH LAND (82O) SOUTHERNMOST POINT: GROZNY IN WEST AND VLADIVOSTOK IN EAST (44O) LONGITUDINAL EXTENT MORE THAN TWICE ITS MAXIMUM NORTH-SOUTH EXTENT AND EXTENDS THROUGH 11 TIME ZONES RUSSIA MAKES UP 76.6% OF THE TOTAL TERRITORY OF THE FORMER USSR (17,075,400 KM--ALMOST TWICE THE SIZE OF THE US).

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