Mapping Russia‘s moving boundaries Russian revolutions Mapping Russia‘s moving boundaries Lesson 4 Main

changing state In the 1800s, Russia was an Empire In the 1900s, Russia formed the Soviet Union Today, it is called The Russian Federation In each time period, Russia has colonized, controlled or entered into agreements with its neighbour states

classroom activity Grab a copy of a world map, or atlas, showing the names of countries surrounding Russia Identify countries which Russia currently has trade or security relationships with Identify countries which were part of the Soviet Union in the 1900s Identify countries which were part of the Russian Empire in the 1800s

Russian federation 1991+ This is Russia today 17 million sq km How many countries does Russia border? Can you name them?

Soviet union 1918-1991 22.4 million sq km Ruled by Moscow’s Communist Party Many present-day Russian neighbours were part of the Soviet Union

Russian empire 1781-1917 22.8 million sq km Ruled by the Russian Tsars The dark green shows direct rule, the light green show influence It included part of the current USA!

Ex-soviet states There are fifteen How many of them can you name? What are the two large inland seas called?

Communist Country quiz How many of these country outlines show ex-Soviet states of 1991? What are their names? Which European states shown here were not in the Soviet Union in 1991?

Picture credits Slide 4 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Physical_Political_World_Map.png Slide 5-8 Adapted from Wiki commons Slide 9 http://smashinghub.com/vector-world-map-collection.htm