Russia’s Landscape and History
description
Transcript of Russia’s Landscape and History
Chapter 8
*Russia’s Landscape and History
*A Vast Landscape
Section 1
*Russia’s Climate
*Russia is the world’s largest country.*Ural Mountains*Borders 14 other countries and includes
11 time zones.*Russia’s south border is in the middle
latitudes where the northern border is in the Arctic Circle.
*European Russia
*North European Plain*Moscow*St. Petersburg*Steppe*Caucasus Mountains
*East of the Urals
*Siberia*Tundra*Permafrost*The taiga*Southern Siberia*The Kamchatka Peninsula
*Inland Water Areas
*Black Sea*Caspian Sea*Lake Baikal*The Volga River
*P. 242 #2-8
*Bellringer for 11/8/12
*Describe the geography of Russia, 3-5 sentences
*A Troubled History
Section 2
*Early Russia
*Kiev*Kievan Rus
*Muscovy*Ivan III*Ivan the Great
*Rise of the Czars
*Czars*Ivan the Terrible*Ivan IV
*Catherine the Great*Peter the Great*St. Petersburg
*Dramatic Changes
*1812*Napoleon Bonaparte*1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky
*Industrialize
*The Soviet Era
*1917*Russian Revolution*Vladimir Lenin
*Growth of Soviet Power*Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*Joseph Stalin
*Cold War
*Soviet Collapse
*Mikhail Gorbachev*Perestroika*Free enterprise system*glasnost
*P. 242 #2-8*P. 249 #2-8
*Bellringer for 11/9/12
*Name three landforms that are found in Russia
Chapter 9
*The New Russia and Independent Republics
*From Communism to Free Enterprise
Section 1
*Difficult Changes in Russia
*Communism vs Free Enterprise
*Russia’s Economic Regions
*The Moscow Region*Port Cities*Kaliningrad*St. Petersburg*Murmansk*Vladivostok
*Siberia*The Volga and Urals Region
*Environmental Issues
*Nuclear energy*Air pollution*Life expectancy*Water pollution
*Russia’s People and Culture
Section 2
*Political Challenges
*Today, Russia is a democracy*Also a Federal Republic*Russia’s President*1st Boris Yeltsin*2nd Vladimir Putin*Both strengthened the economy.
*Ethnic Challenges
*Majority group*Slavs who speak Russia
*Minority groups*100 other ethnic groups
*Chechnya
*Daily Life
*Urban and Rural Life*75% of population live in cities
*Religion*Russian Orthodox Church
*Celebrations, foods and sports*Borscht*Shchi*piroshki
*Rich Cultural Traditions
*Skazki*War and Peace*Tchaikovsky*Sleepin gBeauty*The Nutcracker
*The Republics Emerge
Section 3
*Republics of the Caucasus
*Armenia*Erevan
*Azerbaijan*Baku*Cash crops
*Georgia*T’bilisi
*Central Asian Republics
*Kazakhstan*Steppe*nomads
*Uzbekistan*Tashkent*Aral Sea
*Central Asian Republics
*Turkmenistan*Garagum*Ashgabat
*Kyrgyzstan* Tian Shan* Elevation*Bilingual*Bishkek
*Tajikistan* Ismail Samani Peak*Dushanbe