1. Geography of Russia By
Heather Bennett

2. Russia in 1912

3. Was about 8,600,000 square miles at the end of the 19th century.
Water Boarders: Arctic Ocean, Barents Sea, Bering Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, and Caspian Sea.
Land Boarders: Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, Ukraine, Finland, Belarus, Georgia, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Norway, and North Korea.

4. Comparing U.S. and Russia

5. Lowest point: Caspian Sea, 28 Meters (91.86 Feet)
Highest point: Gora El’brus, 5,633 Meters (18,481 Feet)
Lowest point: Caspian Sea, 28 Meters (91.86 Feet)

6. Major Cities: Moscow Russia’s capital and largest city.
On the banks of the Moskva River. It has 49 bridges that cross the river.
417.4 square miles.
High temperature: July, around 23C (73.4F).
Low temperature: January, around -13C (8.6F).

7. Major Cities: St. Petersburg
Called “the city on 101 island”.
square miles.
High temperature: July, 21C (69.8F).
Low temperature: January, -11C (12.2F).

8. Major Cities: Kiev Capital of modern day Ukraine.
On the Dnieper River.
Has 16 beaches.
Major transportation city.
High temperature: July, 24.8 °C (77 °F).
Low temperature: January, -1.1 °C (30 °F).

9. Interesting Facts
Only 7.17% of Russia is available for agriculture the rest is either too cold or too dry.
Permanent crops make up 0.11% of Russia.
Russia experiences “significant” volcano activity from the Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands.
Kamchatka Peninsula alone has around 29 active volcanoes.

10. Sources
"Geography of St. Petersburg." Maps of World: We do magic to maps. 6 April nt-petersburg/geography.html.
"Kiev." Wikipedia. 7 April
"Russia Physical Map." 26 September MAPS.com. 6 April
"Russia Weather." Adventure Bimbling. 6 April ia_weather.html

11. The End