1. and the surrounding European Republics
Russian Federation
and the surrounding European Republics

2. Fun FACTS National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w
Russia is bigger than Pluto (km2)
77% is considered SIBERIA
Russia and the US are 4 km apart
Largest country in the world- LAND (9 time zones)
Home to the largest river & fresh water lake
1980 Olympics Moscow
Joseph Stalin-Communist ruler
Anastasia and Rasputin is a TRUE story but
NOT the Disney version

3. Lake Baikal Deepest lake in the world Depth: >1 mile
Width: >400 miles
Holds 20% of fresh water in the world

4. Map TIME
Turn to page 336

5. EUROPE VOCAB “mr. Help” style
Get out piece of paper
Open textbook to pg 344

6. Russia History: Beginning
# 1 Slavic people
#2 Vikings from Scandinavia
#3 Tartars from Mongolia- aka Mongols led by Genghis Khan
#4 Ivan the Great/”Terrible”- 1st czar (king)
#5 Peter the Great:
St. Petersburg named after him
REFORM- built up military, new territory, education
#6 Catherine the Great

7. 1 2 4 3 5

8. Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov : the Parents
Nicholas II marries German princess Alexandra “Alix”
4 girls and 1 son
Last czar of Russia
Monarchy overthrown in RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
1917 Russian Revolution
Causes:
1. land issues
2. Nicholas II- disliked (too much of a family guy) and lost Russo- Japanese War
3. WWI
4. Rasputin
5. Workers Strikes- “land, bread, peace”

9. Grigori RAsputin
The real story

10. Nicholas and Alexandra Romanov : the Parents
Nicholas II marries German princess Alexandra “Alix”
4 girls and 1 son
Last czar of Russia
Monarchy overthrown in RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
1917 Russian Revolution
Causes:
1. land issues
2. Nicholas II- disliked (too much of a family guy) and lost Russo- Japanese War
3. WWI
4. Rasputin
5. Workers Strikes- “land, bread, peace”

11. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: Pavel Medevedev
"In the evening of 16 July, Commandant Yurovsky [the head of the execution squad] ordered me to take all the revolvers from the guards and to bring them to him. I took twelve revolvers …and brought them to the commandant's office. Yurovsky said to me, 'We must shoot them all tonight; so notify the guards not to be alarmed if they hear shots.' I understood, therefore, that Yurovsky had it in his mind to shoot the whole of the Tsar's family, as well as the doctor and the servants who lived with them, but I did not ask him where or by whom the decision had been made...”