GEOGRAPHY 308:GEOGRAPHY 308: Geography of Russia and Geography of Russia and

Eastern EuropeEastern Europe

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Who am I

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Born in Green BayBorn in Green Bay

My mother’s maiden name is My mother’s maiden name is “Lasecki.”“Lasecki.”

Lena, WILena, WI

Polish Polish Ancestry in Ancestry in WisconsinWisconsin

Polish ImmigrationPolish Immigration

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1795

1871

Today

• 9.8% of Wisconsinites are of 9.8% of Wisconsinites are of Polish descent (largest % of Polish descent (largest % of any state)any state)

• WI has the 6WI has the 6thth highest Polish- highest Polish-descent population (Illinois #2)descent population (Illinois #2)

• Chicago is “2nd Largest Polish city in the World” (Warsaw)

• Many Poles came to the Midwest to work in the food industry (farms, factories)

Pickles!Pickles!• Dill and garlic-

prepared pickles come from Slavic origins (Czech and Polish)

Poznan, Poland 1991Poznan, Poland 1991

Graduated High School in Toledo, Ohio

Eau Claire

Toledo

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Undergraduate:Undergraduate:Ohio UniversityOhio University(Athens, OH)(Athens, OH)

Graduate:Graduate:Florida State UniversityFlorida State University

(Tallahassee, FL)(Tallahassee, FL)

Currently:Currently:U of MinnesotaU of Minnesota(Ph.D. Candidate)(Ph.D. Candidate)

Things I like:Things I like:

TravelingTraveling

DarkDarkChocolateChocolate

Unique ArchitectureUnique Architecture

Cultures of the WorldCultures of the World

Old StuffOld Stuff

Things IThings IDO NOTDO NOT like: like:

• Hot Dogs

• Baloney

• CHEATING!

What is cheating?cheating?• Referred to as “Academic Misconduct”• Comes in a wide variety of forms,

techniques, definitions—see syllabus• Plagiarism

Q: Is copying and pasting information off the Internet without citing your source considered to be plagiarism?

YES!YES!

Plagiarism:Plagiarism:Example IExample I

The The VolgaVolga is the largest is the largestriver in Europe in terms river in Europe in terms of length, discharge, of length, discharge, and watershed. It goesand watershed. It goesthrough western Russia and people say its the through western Russia and people say its the national river of Russia, flowing through eleven of national river of Russia, flowing through eleven of the twenty biggest cities in Russia. Some of the the twenty biggest cities in Russia. Some of the largest reservoirs in the world can be found along largest reservoirs in the world can be found along the Volga. A Russian hydronym "Волга" is akin the Volga. A Russian hydronym "Волга" is akin to the Slavic word for "wetness."to the Slavic word for "wetness."

Kaliningrad is a ice-free Russian Baltic Sea port and hence plays an important role in maintenance of the Baltic Fleet. Because Russia collapsed in 1991, the Kaliningrad Oblast became an exclave, geographically separated from the rest of Russia. It was a part from the rest of the USSR and got even more pronounced politically when Poland and Lithuania became members of NATO and subsequently the European Union in 2004.[9]

Plagiarism: Plagiarism: Example IIExample II

DO NOT COPY DO NOT COPY AND PASTE AND PASTE

INFORMATION INFORMATION FROM THE FROM THE INTERNET!INTERNET!

My PhilosophyMy Philosophy

Your Education = Your JobYour Education = Your Job

Questions?Questions?

Has anyone ever been to “Eastern Europe?”Has anyone ever been to “Eastern Europe?”

““Eastern Europe”Eastern Europe”What is What is Eastern Eastern Europe, Europe, anyway?anyway?This?This?

How do you know when you are How do you know when you are in “Eastern Europe?”in “Eastern Europe?”

Now Entering

Eastern Europe

EuropeEurope

What the heck is “Europe?”What the heck is “Europe?”

““Europe”Europe”According to According to

many scholars, many scholars, the word the word “Europe” “Europe”

originally comes originally comes from the word from the word

““Ereb,”Ereb,” a a Phoenician Phoenician

word meaning word meaning “sunset.”“sunset.”

But where is But where is Phoenicia?Phoenicia?

Phoenicia:Phoenicia: was an was an ancient civilization ancient civilization

established along the established along the Med coast in what is Med coast in what is

now Lebanon and Syrianow Lebanon and Syria

And what is the most common And what is the most common ethnicity in this part of the world? ethnicity in this part of the world?

(The Middle East)(The Middle East)

ArabicArabic

(Erebic)(Erebic)

And what religion do we often And what religion do we often associate with the Arab world?associate with the Arab world?

Islam (Muslims)Islam (Muslims)

Wait a minute.Wait a minute.

SO WHATSO WHAT if the words if the words “Europe” and “Arab” “Europe” and “Arab” come from the same root come from the same root (“Ereb”). What does this (“Ereb”). What does this have to with places like have to with places like Bulgaria?Bulgaria?

““Eastern Europe” is Eastern Europe” is the collision of the collision of

“Western Europe” and “Western Europe” and the “Middle East”the “Middle East”

Religions of EuropeReligions of Europe██ Roman Catholicism ██ Orthodox Christianity██ Protestantism██ Sunni Islam██ Shi’a Islam

…and more!

Islam in EuropeIslam in Europe

RegionRegion Total Pop Total Pop MuslimsMuslims % % MuslimMuslim

W. EuropeW. Europe 375,832,557375,832,557 13,577,11613,577,116 3.6% 3.6%

E. EuropeE. Europe 212,821,296212,821,296 21,826,82921,826,829 10.3%10.3%

BalkansBalkans 65,407,60965,407,609 8,165,1378,165,137 12.5%12.5%

Mid-EastMid-East 274,775,527274,775,527 252,219,832252,219,832 91.8%91.8%

Islam in EurasiaIslam in Eurasia

Europe vs. the “Stans”Europe vs. the “Stans”

Eastern Europe embodies the word “Ereb.”Eastern Europe embodies the word “Ereb.”But where does it begin? And end?But where does it begin? And end?

U.S. Cold War Point of ViewU.S. Cold War Point of View

European European Union Union Point of Point of ViewView

Linguistic Linguistic Point of Point of ViewView

Slavic LanguagesSlavic Languages

Religious Religious Point of Point of ViewView

EasternOrthodox

Rand McNally Point of View

Convention

UralUralMountainsMountains

Geog 308 Geog 308 Point of Point of ViewView

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Europe

Europe

Plus… the Plus… the CCIISS

……and all the federal and all the federal subjects of Russia.subjects of Russia.

Just kidding.Just kidding.

The Big The Big PicturePicture