Russia By Julianne Joyce
Location
Russian National Anthem 1-й куплет: Россия - священная наша держава, Россия - любимая наша страна. Могучая воля, великая слава - Твое достоянье на все времена! Припев: Славься, Отечество наше свободное, Братских народов союз вековой, Предками данная мудрость народная! 1st verse: Russia - our sacred sovereignty, Russia - our beloved land, Mighty will, great glory - Are yours for all time! Refrain: Be praised, our free Fatherland, Union of ancient fraternal peoples, By our forefathers was given the wisdom of the nation, Be praised, our land! We are proud of you!
Russia s Border Countries United States* Japan* North Korea China Mongolia Kazakhstan AzerbaijanGeorgia Ukraine Belarus Estonia Norway Finland Latvia Lithuania** Poland** *Share maritime borders **Borders Kaliningrad Oblast
Physical Features
Capital: N E
Landscape
Rivers and Lakes
Mountains
Seas
Facts Lake Baikal: Worlds deepest and purest freshwater lake Lake Ladoga and Onega Two of the largest lakes in Europe Volga River 11/20 cities Longest river in Europe
Points of Interest Caucasus Mountains Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg
Population Area: 16,995,800 km 2 9 people per sq. km. 22 per sq. mi Unemployment rate: 6.2% (2007) 73% urban 27% rural
People
Population Density
Land and Temperature 7% of the land is arable 0.11% is used for permanent crops Hottest: 98 F Coldest: -44 F Summer: 17 hrs of daylight Winter: 7 hrs of daylight
Landscape
Animals
Industries Mining Oil, gas, chemicals, metals Machine building Defense industries Agricultural machinery Construction equipment Medical/scientific instruments
Chernobyl Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine April 26, 1986 Worst nuclear power plant disaster 400X more fallout than Hiroshima
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Effects Plume: USSR, Europe Nuclear rain in Ireland Ukraine, Belarus, Russia most effected 60% of fallout lands in Belarus
Chernobyl and the Environment Rivers, lakes, reservoirs contaminated Forest dies: 4 sq km Animals infertile/die Chernobyl special Reactor encased in concrete
Movement of People 336,000 people in Belarus evacuated Prypiat not evacuated until the next day Told they could return in three days No one has yet returned Only 50 died? Fear, anxiety, victimization
Russian Refugees 18, ,000 displaced persons Chechnya, North Ossetia Separatist Wars First Chechen War ( ) Second Chechen War ( ) Inter-ethnic strife
Regions 11 time zones 83 federal subjects European vs Asian Third World vs First World Communist vs Capitalist