1. RUSSIA AND EURASIAN REPUBLICS – GEOGRAPHY

2. Lake Baikal, Russia

3. Giant Sturgeon- Lake Baikal
Deepest fresh water lake
Holds about 20% of world’s supply of unfrozen fresh water
Oldest freshwater lake = nearly 30 million years
Some fish and plants are prehistoric
Many scientists study there

4. Lake Baikal Monsters
Alligator Gar
Tales of a prehistoric monster

5. Volga River -Largest River in Europe – Astrakhan = Old Russian city by the Caspian Sea once conquered by Ivan the Terrible

6. Volga River – Important for Transportation

7. East Siberian Sea

8. East Siberian Sea Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean
Covered with ice most of the year

9. Wild Life in the East Siberian Sea

10. Caspian Sea
About the size of California, the Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water.
Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan border the Caspian Sea.

11. Caspian Sea - Petroleum Production

12. Due to outdate machinery , careless practices, and strong currents, the Caspian Sea faces serious pollution issues with Russia causing about 80% of the pollution

13. The Ural Mountains

14. Ural Mountains Resources
Coal Mining
Gold
Emeralds
Potassium salts used mostly to make fertilizer

15. Ural Mountains Pollution
The Soviet Union relocated their industrial base to the Ural Mts. during the Nazi advancement.
Later, Soviet nuclear industry was developed there during the Cold War.
Both have contributed greatly to the pollution in this area.

16. Sayan Mountains – NE of Lake Baikal

17. Sayan Mountains – South Russia Around Mongolian Border
Often the people of this area look more Mongolian than Russian
Reindeer are prevalent in this area.

18. West Siberian Plain

19. West Siberian Plan
The W. Siberian Plain, just west of the Asian side of the Ural Mountains, is a home to farming, urban areas and wilderness.

20. Central Siberian Plain
Central Siberian Plain covers 1/3 of Siberia
Short, warm summers with long, harsh winters
Many natural resources such as coal, iron, gold natural gas, platinum and diamonds
Predominantly wooded area

21. North European Plains

22. European Plans – In Russia
The North European and Eastern European Plains join to make the European Plain. (Or You’re●a●peein’ Plain)
One of the greatest uninterrupted plains on the Earth and runs from the Pyrenees Mts. Across N. Europe to the Urals into Russia.
Most of the area is agricultural

23. St. Petersburg, Russia
Once the capital of Russia, Lenin switched capital to Moscow for better protection from invading nations.
Built by Czar Peter the Great in early 1700s.
Important port and cultural center
Located on the Neva River- shipbuilding center

24. Moscow, Russia
“About 800 years old, Moscow is the political and cultural center of Russia (347)”.
Russia’s economic and industrial center
Once center for heavy industry, now moving toward light industry or consumer goods manufacturing.
Transportation port