1. World Regional
Geography
Russia

2. Ten Geographic Qualities

3. Ten Geographic Qualities
1. Region Covers 1/6 of world’s total landmass
2. Most of region is at high latitudes which are cold, dry & harsh
3. Russia has more neighbors than any other country
4. Very small population & most people live in the west

4. Ten Geographic Qualities
5. Few good & suitably located ports - almost landlocked
6. Multinational Empire dominated by Russia
7. National economic planning
communism

5. Ten Geographic Qualities
8. Russia - divided by Ural mountains
9. Hundreds of ethnic groups isolated by distance and geographic barriers
10. Largest reserves of natural resources in the world

6. Regions
& States

8. The Kremlin Moscow is the capital and largest city in Russia.
The Kremlin is the center of government.
The Kremlin

9. States of the Former USSR
Russia
European States -Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus
Caucasus States - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Central Asian States, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan & Kyrgyzstan

10. Historical Geography

11. Historical Geography Pre Tsarist - before Ivan IV - 16th century
Tsarist Period 16th century to 1917
Cossacks
carried Russian presence to Pacific & Alaska
Peter the Great
Catherine
Bolshevik Revolution 1917
Break -up of the Soviet Union 1991

12. Physical Geography

13. Physical Geography of Russia
Rivers
Volga Ob
Lena
Don
Lakes
Baikal
Lodoga
Volga

14. Physical Geography of Russia
Seas
Aral
Barents
Bering
Okhotsk
Black
Caspian

15. Physical Geography of Russia
Landform Regions
Russian Plain
Ural Mountain
West Siberian Plain
Central Siberian Plateau
East Siberian Uplands
Kazak Uplands
Caucasus Mountains
Kamchatka Pennisula

16. Physical Geography of Russia
Climates
North Asia is dominated by Snow Climates known as Humid Continental & Subarctic (Siberia)
Central Asia is dominated by dry Desert & Steppe Climates
Mountainous regions provide a variety of Mid-latitude climates to Ice Climates

17. Cultural Geography

18. Cultural Geography of Russia
Population – million
Official Language – Russian
Economics – mixed

19. The ruble is the currency of the Russian Federation
Russia, the largest country in the world, It stretches over 6,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to the North Pacific.
The ruble is the currency of the Russian Federation

20. 1st Russian composer to gain world wide honors.
He wrote symphonies, operas, piano solos, and ballets.
He is best known for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.
Peter Tchaikovsky ( )

21. Matryoshka- (ma-tree-OSH-ka)
A popular toy in Russia is a nesting doll called Matryoshka.
The grandfathers carved them out of wood and used them to tell stories to their grandchildren.

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Fabergé Eggs
A Jeweler named Peter Fabergé created beautiful eggs for the tsars. The eggs, were decorated with gold, silver, and gemstones. Only 43 of the original 53 eggs still exist today, each valued at over a million dollars!!

23. Cultural Geography of Russia
Religions
Orthodox Christian in the Slavic Regions
Islam in the Central Asia Republics
Communism sought to eradicate traditional religions

24. St. Basil’s Cathedral
St. Basil’s Cathedral is a beautiful building in Moscow’s Red Square.
The “onion dome” shape is found often in Russian church architecture.