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Page 1: Russia and the Republics. Russia is Huge! Climate

Russia and the Republics

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Russia is Huge!

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Climate

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The Steppes

e25% of the old Soviet Union’s food supply.

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Major Regional Divisions of the Former U. S. S. R.

Chernozen Soil

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The Ural Mountains

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The Volga River

eThe river is so polluted that the sturgeon catch has been decreased by 60%.

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Lake Baikal, Siberia

eThe oldest and deepest lake in the world.e 20% of the world’s total unfrozen water supply.

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Siberia --> Permafrost

eAverage temperatures of January vary from 0 to -50°C, and in July from 1 to 25°C

e 150,000,000 population.e A former “gulag” Soviet prison camp.

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Tundra: The Not-So-Barren LandBelow the Arctic Circle

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

eCompleted in 1905.

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Trans-Siberian Railroad

eThe main line runs 5,785 miles.

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A land of 10 time zones!

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Eastern Bloc

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics15 Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

7 SatelliteCountries:Bulgaria, Czech Republic, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia

The Collapse

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Remaining Communist Countries• At its peak, communism was practiced in dozens of countries:• Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

• Asian Countries: Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mongolia, and Yemen • Soviet Controlled Eastern bloc countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, East

Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia. • The Balkans: Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia,

Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. • Africa: Angola, Benin, Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, and Mozambique.• Currently only a handful of countries identified as communist remain: Laos,

North Korea, Vietnam, China, and Cuba.