RUSSIAREVIEW

Russia

St. Basil’s Cathedral(Russian Orthodox Church)

Moscow, Russia

What is the main religion in Russia?

• RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

• IT IS CHRISTIAN

• Christianity: JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD.

RED SQUARE-MOSCOW, RUSSIAPublic Space, Parades, Markets

RED SQUARE-MOSCOW, RUSSIAA Military Parade

KREMLIN-MOSCOW, RUSSIA(Government Building)

Mosques and Minarets

Siberian Village

Soviet Style Block Apartments

Russian Ballet

Faberge Eggs

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MATRYOSHKA DOLLS“Nesting Dolls”

Oriental Carpets

Samovars

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What climate region has permafrost?(It is mostly in extreme northern Russia.)

Tundra

Tundra

What subarctic climate region has huge coniferous trees? (In Siberia)

CONE BEARING…”Con”iferous

Taiga

Taiga

What climate region is semi-arid? (Dry grasslands)Mostly in Central Asia

Steppe

Steppe

Russia sits on two continents.Which are they?

EUROPE

ASIA

What mountains divide Russia?

Ural Mountains

What is the name for the rich black soil west of the Ural Mountains?

chernozem

The region west of the Urals is good for farming. It is known as

• The BLACK EARTH BELT where the

• FERTILE TRIANGLE is.

The land east of the Ural Mountains, known as the “sleeping land” is

West<- Urals -> East

->SIBERIA

What mountains are between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea?

Caucasus MountainsNear Sochi, site of the Winter Olympics!

What ocean lies to the north of Russia?

Arctic Ocean

What river flows north to the Arctic Ocean?

Ob River

What ocean is on Russia’s east coast?

Pacific Ocean

What is the body of water between Asia and North America?

Bering Strait

What river in western Russia drains the Northern European Plain?

It flows into the Caspian Sea.

VOLGA RIVER

What river forms the border between Russia and China?

Amur River

What is the largest inland sea in the world?

Caspian Sea

What is the deepest and oldest lake in the world? It looks like a finger!

Lake Baikal

What sea is drying up and why?

Aral Sea

Before the Russian Revolution in 1917, Russia was ruled by ?

CZARS

What kind of government ruled Russia in most of the 20th Century?

COMMUNIST

Soviet Russia (Communist) had what kind of economy? Government controlled everything.

COMMAND ECONOMY

The Soviet Union fell apart in 1991.What kind of economy is there now?

Free Market (More private ownership for investors’ gains)

Name the railroad that connected Russia!

Trans-Siberian Railroad

What city did Peter the Great build?Why?

St. Petersburg

What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow

What is the industrial center of Russia?

Moscow!

Where is the starting point for the Trans-Siberian Railroad?

Moscow!

What city is the mid-point on theTrans-Siberian Railroad?

Novosibirsk(Third largest city in Russia)

(On the Ob River)

What city is the ending point for theTrans-Siberian Railroad?

Vladivostok(On Russia’s east coast…the Pacific Ocean)

Russia is rich in natural resources likecoal, iron ore and natural gas.

Why has it NOT been developed?

HARSH COLD CLIMATE!

Russia has pollution problems.Name one famous example!It was a nuclear disaster!!!

Chernobyl

What city in Uzbekistan was centered on the Silk Road?

•SAMARKAND

Russia has many ethnic groups.Examples?

SlavicTurkic Peoples

Mongol