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Russia and Central Asia

Russia and Central Asia. Leading countries. GDP -- Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan Land Size --Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan Population --Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. Physical Characteristics. Vast time zone--Spans two continents (Europe and Asia), covers 11 time zones

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Russia and Central Asia

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  1. Russia and Central Asia

  2. Leading countries • GDP-- Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan • Land Size--Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan • Population--Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan

  3. Physical Characteristics • Vast time zone--Spans two continents (Europe and Asia), covers 11 time zones • Vast area of tundra, taiga, permafrost, and steppe • varied climate regions • huge black earth belt (rich Chernozem soil)

  4. Mountains • Caucasus • Ural Mountains (divide Europe from Asia) • Siberia (the sleeping land), located east of the Urals • Major oil, natural gas, and mineral resoures

  5. Many water features (be able to put on a map) • Volga River Ob River • Amur River Lake Baikal • Caspian Sea Aral Sea • Bering Strait • Pacific Ocean • Arctic Ocean

  6. Physical Characteristics • Some rivers flow northward to the Arctic Ocean

  7. Economic Characteristics • Transition from communist to free market economy • Farming and Industry concentrated in the Fertile Triangle region, home of rich Chernozem soils (wheat farming)

  8. Infrastructure--Trans Siberian Railroad plus systems of rivers, and canals and railroads • Energy resources--Hydroelectric power, oil and natural gas

  9. Economic characteristics cont. • Russian natural resources are not fully developed due to climate, limited transportation links, and vastness of the country • Foreign competition for investment in the region (oil pipeline) • widespread pollution

  10. shrinking of the Aral Sea due to the diverting of rivers feeding the sea (irrigation) • political and economic difficulties after the breakup of the Soviet Union • cotton production in Central Asia

  11. Cultural Characteristics • Diverse ethnic groups, customs, and traditions (many of Turkic and Mongol heritage) • Cultural Heritage • Ballet Fabergé eggs • Music Icons • Matrioshka dolls • Oriental carpets • Samovars

  12. Cultural Landscape • -Russian Orthodox churches • -St. Basil’s Church • -Red Square • -Kremlin • -mosques, minarets • -Siberian villages • -Soviet style apartment blocks

  13. Cultural characteristics cont. • Cities as a center of culture and trade • Moscow • St. Petersburg • Novosibirsk

  14. Matrioshka dolls

  15. Faberge’ eggs

  16. Samovars

  17. Kremlin

  18. St. Basil’s Cathedral

  19. Russian Orthodox Church

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