RUSSIAN FEDERATION Российская Федерация

RUSSIA’S DIMENSIONS Largest country in the world. Spans 11 Time Zones From East to West: Gulf of Finland to Alaska From North to South: Above the Arctic Circle to Salt Lake Twice the size of the United States

RUSSIA’S REGIONS Siberia European Russia Russia’s Far East Eastern Frontier

Pink & Red = Vital Agricultural Areas Green = Little to No Agricultural Activity Blue = Reindeer Herding

RUSSIA’S REGIONS EUROPEAN RUSSIA EASTERN FRONTIER RUSSIA’S FAR EAST Population and Industrial Center Volga River is key waterway Ural mountains are eastern barrier EASTERN FRONTIER Borders China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan Lake Baikal is key area RUSSIA’S FAR EAST Limited Accessibility Asian Frontier? FISHING – Primary Industry 9

SIBERIA LARGER THAN THE CONTINENTAL U.S., BUT...LESS THAN 15 MILLION PEOPLE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT DISTANCE COLD TEMPERATURES ARCTIC WINDS POOR SOILS RESOURCE POTENTIAL PRECIOUS MINERALS METALLIC ORES OIL AND NATURAL GAS TIMBER

CLIMATE AS A RESTRICTIVE FEATURE AGRICULTURE SHORT GROWING SEASONS EROSION (ACCELERATED BY SNOW MELT) SETTLEMENT PATTERNS & TRANSPORTATION (limited) INDUSTRY HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION (for heat) EXTRACTION (more expensive in permafrost)