1. By: Lily Fitzgerald Tamarac Middle School, 6 th Grade RPI EcoEd Research Program Spring 2013

2. Background Information Government – federation President – Vladimir Putin Population – 142, 517, 670 people Area - 17, 098, 242 sq. kilometers Moscow – most populated city St. Petersburg Moscow Norilsk

3. Chart for exports Energy is by far the most exported This chart doesn’t show it, but oil is also a big export in Russia

4. Water Has plenty of water Quality of water not good at all Most water sources are polluted Trash being dumped regularly (http://www.lakebaikal.org/)http://www.lakebaikal.org/

5. ۩ will not pollute the environment. ۩ http://propertyrealvalue.blogspot.com/2011/05/ark-hotel-designed-by-remistudio-from.html http://propertyrealvalue.blogspot.com/2011/05/ark-hotel-designed-by-remistudio-from.html ۩ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1345738/Ark-Hotel-Remistudio-biosphere-self-contained- haven-event-flood-disaster.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1345738/Ark-Hotel-Remistudio-biosphere-self-contained- haven-event-flood-disaster.html Can hold up to 10,000 people Can be built on land or water One way of managing the pollution

6. ۩ has created a dead zone around the city, killing 1.2 million acres of forest ۩ during the spring thaw, streams fill with black soot ۩ human effects have also been tragic ۩ according to Dr. Svetlana Golubkova, people that immigrated to the industrial city in the 1960s were healthy, but their children and grandchildren are ill. ۩ (http://blogs.dickinson.edu/russenviro/tag/pollution/)http://blogs.dickinson.edu/russenviro/tag/pollution/

7. ۩ circular hole in the ice of Chebarkul Lake ۩ a meteor struck here, which is quickly becoming a tourist destination. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/russian-meteor-town-to-be_n_2788598.html#slide=2169873)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/01/russian-meteor-town-to-be_n_2788598.html#slide=2169873

8. ۩ located on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula ۩ last erupted about 400 years ago ۩ (http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/russia-photos/#/krasheninnikov- volcano_10902_600x450.jpg)http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/russia-photos/#/krasheninnikov- volcano_10902_600x450.jpg