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Russia & the Eurasian Republics

By: Benjamin & Minnie

Geography

Russia can be divided into 5 economic regions:

  • the Great European Plain
  • the Ural Mountains
  • the West Siberian Plains
  • the Central Siberian Plateau
  • the East Siberian Uplands

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  • Russia has plains in the west of Urals, mountainous regions in the south and tundra and forests in Siberia.
  • Across from the Caspian Sea are the countries of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgystan.

References

  • https://www.google.com.tw/imghp?hl=zh-TW&tab=wi
  • Social Studies textbook (Harcourt Horizons World Regions)
  • Google images
  • Youtube

Ask your questions now!!!

Fast Facts

Vocabulary

  • The Siberian tiger lives in eastern Russia as well as northern China. Siberian tigers are endangered species.
  • Ukraine is about the size of Texas.
  • The largest country in the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) is Russia.
  • Kazakhstan, which is half the size of the USA, is

the second largest country in the CIS.

  • Ivan the Great was the first true leader of

Russia.

  • Catherine the Great was the first Russian to

ever get a smallpox vaccination.

permafrost: the layer of soil that stays frozen all year in a polar climate

taiga: a forest of evergreen trees that is south of the tundra in Russia

steppe: an area of grassland and fertile soil that is south of the taiga in Russia.

chromium: a hard, shiny metal that does not rust easily

reforms: changes meant to make things better

czar: caeser

abdicate: to give up

totalitarian: a person who has complete control over other peoples lives

purge: to carry out government order to kill someone who opposes the government

Cold War: a conflict of words and ideas that Russia had with the USA

perestroika: a rebuilding of the Soviet political and economic systems

glasnost: the new freedom that allowed Soviet citizens to speak openly without fear of punishment

light industry: industries that sell consumer goods such as appliances and clothing

heavy industry: industries that sell things like large commercial items

cosmonaut: Russian astronauts

displace: moving people against their will

Introduction

Folk Arts

For hundreds of years, leaders of Russia, which back then was called the USSR, or the Soviet Union, ruled with complete authority. They brought the Soviet Union great power, but at a cost. Many people suffered hardships, but by the 1900s, the new leaders introduced reforms, which meant to make things better. Today, we will teach you all about the USSR.

Countries:

  • The matryoshka is a series of wooden dolls that can vary in size.
  • Each small matryoshka doll nests inside another one.
  • Matryoshka dolls are popular souvenirs in Russia.
  • Decorative eggs are also part of

Russian folk art.

  • They use them at Easter.

Matryoshka Dolls

Decorative Eggs

  • Ukraine
  • Belarus
  • The Caucasus Region
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Turmenistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Tajikastan
  • Kyrgystan

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Mikhail Gorbachev:

Date of Birth: March 2, 1931

Date of Death: Still alive

Place of Birth: Privolnoye, Russia

Full Name: Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev

Nicholas The II:

Date of Birth: May 18, 1868

Date of Death: July 17, 1918

Place of Birth: Pushkin, Russia

Place of Death: Yekaterinburg, Russia

Full Name: Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov

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Vladimir Lenin:

Date of Birth: April 22, 1870

Date of Death: January 21, 1924

Place of Death: Ulyanovsk, Russia

Place Of Birth: Gorki Leninskiye, Russia

Full Name: Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov

Ivan the Terrible:

Date of Birth: August 25, 1530

Date of Death: March 18, 1584

Place of Death: Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Full Name: Ivan IV Vasilyevich

Questions

  • What do the letters "CIS" stand for?
  • Who was the first Russian to ever get a smallpox vaccination?
  • What is Russia's capital city?
  • What happened on April 26, 1986, Chernobyl, Ukraine?
  • When did new Russian leaders introduce reforms, and what are reforms?
  • How many countries make up the CIS?
  • What is a well-known folk art in Russia called?
  • When do Russians celebrate independence from the Soviet Union?
  • What are wealthy Russians sometimes called?

Video

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History

Famous People

Here is a video on the national anthem of Eurasia:

Questions???????

Anyone????

  • At least 70 percent of people in the CIS speak the Russian language.
  • Most people think of chess as a game, but people in the former Soviet countries think it is a sport.
  • In the mid-1990s, about 18 million people could not find jobs.
  • Wealthy Russians are sometimes called the "New Russians."
  • Moscow is Russia's capital city.
  • Each year on June 12th, Russians celebrate independence from the Soviet Union.
  • People in the country of Georgia claim to have long life spans.

Joseph Stalin:

Date of Birth: December 18, 1879

Date of Death: March 5, 1953

Place of Birth: Gori, Georgia, Russia

Place of Death: Moscow, Russia

Full Name: Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili

Boris Yeltsin:

Date of Birth: February 1, 1931

Date of Death: April 23, 2007

Place of Birth: Butka, Russian

Place of Death: Moscow, Russia

Full Name: Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin

  • On April 26th, 1986, a nuclear power plant explosion in Chernobyl, Ukraine, was the worst nuclear accident in history.
  • Strong winds carried tons of radioactive
  • materials across Ukraine & Belarus, poisoning their environments.
  • More than 15,000 people died.
  • In 1991, the Soviet Union broke into 15 independent countries.
  • Today 12 of those countries form an alliance called the CIS, or the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Map of the Soviet Union

Sports

  • Many people think of chess as a game, but people from the former Soviet countries think of it as a sport.
  • Many countries have their own soccer team.

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