RUSSIAN FEDERATION - Davis School District · RUSSIAN FEDERATION and the surrounding European...
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FUN FACTS
• National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w
• Russia is bigger than Pluto (km2)
• 77% is considered SIBERIA
• Russia and the US are 4 km apart
• Largest country in the world- LAND (9 time zones)
• Home to the largest river & fresh water lake
• 1980 Olympics Moscow
• Joseph Stalin-Communist ruler
• Anastasia and Rasputin is a TRUE story but
NOT the Disney version
LAKE BAIKAL
Deepest lake in the world
• Depth: >1 mile• Width: >400 miles• Holds 20% of fresh water in the world
RUSSIA HISTORY: BEGINNING# 1 Slavic people
#2 Vikings from Scandinavia
#3 Tartars from Mongolia- aka Mongols led by Genghis Khan
#4 Ivan the Great/”Terrible”- 1st czar (king)
#5 Peter the Great:1682-1725• St. Petersburg named after him
• REFORM- built up military, new territory, education
#6 Catherine the Great
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NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA ROMANOV :THE PARENTS
• Nicholas II marries German princess Alexandra “Alix”
• 4 girls and 1 son
• Last czar of Russia• Monarchy overthrown in RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
• 1917 Russian Revolution• Causes: PICK THREE
1. land issues
2. Nicholas II- disliked (too much of a family guy) and lost Russo- Japanese War
3. WWI
4. Rasputin
5. Workers Strikes- “land, bread, peace”
GRIGORIRASPUTIN
The real story
"IN THE EVENING OF 16 JULY, COMMANDANT YUROVSKY [THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTION SQUAD] ORDERED ME TO TAKE ALL THE REVOLVERS FROM THE GUARDS AND TO BRING THEM TO HIM. I TOOK TWELVE REVOLVERS …AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE COMMANDANT'S OFFICE.
YUROVSKY SAID TO ME, 'WE MUST SHOOT THEM ALL TONIGHT; SO NOTIFY THE GUARDS NOT TO BE ALARMED IF THEY HEAR SHOTS.' I UNDERSTOOD, THEREFORE, THAT YUROVSKY HAD IT IN HIS MIND TO SHOOT THE WHOLE OF THE TSAR'S FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE DOCTOR AND THE SERVANTS WHO LIVED WITH THEM, BUT I DID NOT ASK HIM WHERE OR BY WHOM THE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE...”
EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: Pavel Medevedev