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Russia and the Republics = 1/6 of earth’s land surface Three times the size of the U.S .

Eastern Europe and Russia. Russia and the Republics = 1/6 of earth’s land surface Three times the size of the U.S . - Russia spans 11 time zones. Russia’s Climate. Humid continental and subarctic climates dominate region

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Russia and the Republics = 1/6 of earth’s land surface Three times the size of the U.S .

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  1. Eastern Europe and Russia Russia and the Republics = 1/6 of earth’s land surface Three times the size of the U.S. - Russia spans 11 time zones

  2. Russia’s Climate • Humid continental and subarctic climates dominate region • Continentality- effect the region’s enormous size has on its climates • Distance from sea decreases precipitation • moisture from Atlantic Ocean is lost further inland • Distance from sea also creates extreme temperatures

  3. Siberia • Siberia – average temperatures are usually below 50 degrees F - Siberian temperatures can drop below –90 degrees F • Region has layer of permafrost that can be 1,500 feet deep • Buildings on permafrost sink and fall when their heat thaws ground - buildings must be set off ground on concrete pillars

  4. Mountain Chains • Ural Mountains • Some see them as dividing line between Europe and Asia

  5. Rivers • Volga River- longest river in Europe - flows 2,300 miles south from Moscow & drains into the Caspian Sea basin - carries 60% of Russia’s river traffic

  6. Lakes • Caspian Sea- world’s largest inland sea – 750 miles long. • Aral Sea - east of Caspian, also saltwater - has lost 80% of water volume due to irrigation • Lake Baikal - Deepest & oldest lake in the world. - Holds 20% of world’s fresh water • very clean lake, home to 1,200 unique plant & animal species

  7. Aral Sea

  8. Natural Resources • Russia’s main resources are in Siberia(frigid, arctic Russian area of Asia) • Makes resources hard to get and transport. • taiga—largest forest on earth located in Russia - Produces 1/5 of the world’s timber

  9. Communist Europe • “The Iron Curtain” divided communist countries from the rest. • Part of the Cold War. • Nuclear War was our biggest fear.

  10. Propaganda Winston Churchill peeking under the Iron Curtain.

  11. Russian Propaganda Capitalists and Communists

  12. The Fall of Communism 1989 - 1991

  13. Break-up of Yugoslavia = Balkanization

  14. The “Iron Curtain” disappeared in 1991.

  15. Russia – Physical Features List • Water • Arctic Ocean • Baltic Sea • Bering Sea • Black Sea • Caspian Sea • Pacific Ocean • Aral Sea • Lake Baikal • Volga River • Dnieper River • Landforms • Central Siberian Plateau • Northern European Plain • Siberia • Ural Mountains

  16. Review Questions • Why would a country create a polder? • What affect does the North Atlantic drift have on Western Europe? • What mountains divide Europe from Asia? • What is Europe’s longest river? • What is the oldest & deepest lake in the world? • What region in Russia has many resources & a very cold climate cold climate? • What is continentality? • What sea has been damaged by irrigation? • What is permafrost? 

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