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24 Cards in this Set
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How many times zones does Russia have?
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11
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how many square miles in Russia
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6.2 million
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population of Russia
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145 million
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Is Russia contiguous or non?
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non: Kaliningrad
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Environmental issues?
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Water and Air pollution-coastal pollution
Depletion of resources Chernobyl (northern Ukraine) meltdown in 1986 acid rain forest damage |
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Most Russians live _______ of the Ural Mountains.
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west
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Russia's demographic crisis?
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rapidly declining population
pattern of small families govt encouraging more kids with extended maternity leave, cash payments and day-care subsidies |
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TFR?
Percent Pop Urbanized? Population? |
1.3
73% 141.7 million |
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What's responsible for demographic decline?
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general health and lack of economic opportunity
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Which are the only 2 large cities?
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Moscow (9 million)
St. Petersburg (5 million) |
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Natural Resources?
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Oil
Natural Gas Minerals Metals Forestry Coal |
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life expectancy?
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65
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Percentage of pop living on less than $2 a day?
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12%
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Is it a nation-state?
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No
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Religion in Russia?
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suppressed under communism
Russian Orthodox Islam |
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Significant Leaders
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Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great Catherine the Great Lenin Joseph Stalin Gorbachev Yelstin Putin |
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Lenin's rule
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1917-1924
Introduced Marxist philosophy removed private ownership recognized minorities forward capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg to be westernized Problems: famine & red terror |
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Stalin's rule
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1924-1953
5 year plans Collectivized farming=major famine Heavy industry=environmental disaster sent minorities to republics purged of dissidents |
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Bolsheviks
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faction of Russian communists representing interests of the industrial workers & seized power within country
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Autonomous areas
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solution to give recognition to significant minority groups during Soviet Union
however the autonomy was a charade, not reality |
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How many republics established during Soviet Union for non-Russian citizens?
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15
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Centralized economic planning
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Good-transportation systems, literacy, poverty
Bad-shortages, exports |
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Capitalism after Soviet collapse
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shock therapy-economy not capable of absorbing it
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dispute b/w Ukraine and Russia led to what
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Russia cut off Ukraine's natural gas supply
leader repaired relationship & on trial for paying too much to Russia |
