1. Russia Largest country …

2. Russia On 2 continents What divides Europe & Asia?

3. Europe / Asia Division Black Sea Caucasus Mtns. Caspian Sea Ural Mtns.

4. Caucasus Mtns. & Ural Mtns. Highest Mountains… –Mt. Elbrus

5. CAUCASUS MTNS

6. Caucasus Mtns. Winter Olympics –Sochi

7. Caucasus Mtns. Rugged terrain Diversity –Chechnya

8. European Russia Mostly flat –Rivers

9. Volga River

10. Russia’s History Russian Empire ‘til 1917 –Czars

11. Russian Empire Expanded from Moscow Conquered …

12. Russia’s History Revolution in 1917 –Led by Vladimir Lenin  Lenin - died in 1920s

13. Religion in Russia

14. Joseph Stalin Soviet leader 1920s-1950s Gulag labor camps Industrialization WWII

15. Soviet Industry “Command Economy” Lack of competition/capitalism

16. Soviet Industry Low priority: –Environment –Industrial Safety Chernobyl (Ukraine)

17. Soviet Union Broke apart 1991 Now 15 separate countries

18. Countries from former Soviet Union Russia Est, Lat, Lith Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova

19. Russia’s Population Russia: #___ in World Population is Declining

20. Russia’s Economy Oil Mainly in Siberia Global Warming

21. Russian Cities Moscow

22. St. Petersburg Capital

23. St. Petersburg Built by …

24. St. Petersburg “Venice of the North” “Leningrad”

25. St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum

26. Moldova 1991 Language

27. Moldova Religion

28. Moldova’s Economy Agriculture

29. Ukraine Was important part of Soviet Union –Productive …

30. Ukraine’s Environment Climate Black-soil –Agriculture Ukraine’s Flag…

31. GOOD-BYE EUROPE!