Russia By Julianne Joyce. Location Russian National Anthem 1-й куплет: Россия - священная наша держава, Россия - любимая наша страна. Могучая воля, великая. - презентация

1 Russia By Julianne Joyce

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4 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!

5 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

6 Physical Features

7 Capital: N E

8 Landscape

9 Rivers and Lakes

10 Mountains

11 Seas

12 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

13 Points of Interest Caucasus Mountains Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg

14 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

15 People

16 Population Density

17 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

18 Landscape

19 Animals

20 Industries Mining Oil, gas, chemicals, metals Machine building Defense industries Agricultural machinery Construction equipment Medical/scientific instruments

21 Chernobyl Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine April 26, 1986 Worst nuclear power plant disaster 400X more fallout than Hiroshima

22 CHERNOBYLCHERNOBYL

23 Effects Plume: USSR, Europe Nuclear rain in Ireland Ukraine, Belarus, Russia most effected 60% of fallout lands in Belarus

24 Chernobyl and the Environment Rivers, lakes, reservoirs contaminated Forest dies: 4 sq km Animals infertile/die Chernobyl special Reactor encased in concrete

25 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

26 Russian Refugees 18, ,000 displaced persons Chechnya, North Ossetia Separatist Wars First Chechen War ( ) Second Chechen War ( ) Inter-ethnic strife

27 Regions 11 time zones 83 federal subjects European vs Asian Third World vs First World Communist vs Capitalist