russia the giant of eastern europe. objectives give a basic definition of communism. describe a...
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Russia
The Giant of Eastern Europe
Objectives
• Give a basic definition of communism.
• Describe a buffer state. Why might a buffer state be useful?
• Name and describe the conflict that centered around Russia and the United States in the Twentieth Century.
• Describe the area, climate, and resources of Siberia.
• Understand the difference between European Russia and Siberian Russia.
Terms and PlacesSoviet Union or USSR was a single nation of many ethnic groups controlled by Russia.
Warsaw Pact was an alliance of nations controlled by Russia.
Russia
The Soviet Union
The Warsaw Pact
NATO
NATO
Russia
S O V I E T U N I O N
Cold War was a conflict between the Warsaw Pact and NATO.
Buffer state is a weaker nation that lies between unfriendly stronger nations.
The Soviet states create a buffer for Russia.
The Warsaw Pact nations create a buffer for Soviet Union.
W A R S A W P A C T
Volga is the name of the longest river in Europe.
Terms and PlacesSoviet Union or USSR was a single nation of many ethnic groups controlled by Russia.
Warsaw Pact was an alliance of nations controlled by Russia.
Cold War was a conflict between the Warsaw Pact and NATO.
Buffer state is a weaker nation that lies between unfriendly stronger nations.
Communism is an economic system which bans private property.
Baikal is the largest lake in the world by volume.
Physical Geography
Russia is larger than the United States, including Alaska.
Where are the borders of Russia?
It is bordered on the east by the Pacific Ocean.
Russia is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean
Mountains separate Russia from Mongolia and China.
Russia and Kazakhstan share vast plains called
steppes.
To the east lies eastern Europe.
Siberia includes a great lake, called
Baikal.
Lake Baikal has more water than any other lake.
Its fresh water is home to seals
and other wildlife usually found in
salt water.
crossed with rivers
The most important river in Russia is the Volga.
The Volga flows into the Caspian
Sea.
What are the physical features of European
Russia?
Ural M
ountains
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Baltic Sea
It also has Great Seas in each corner.
White Sea
Ural M
ountains
The Volga is the longest river in Europe.
The Volga also drains a larger area than any other river in Europe.
The Russians love this river and often refer to it as “Mother Volga”.
Eleven of the twenty largest cities of Russia, including the capital, Moscow, lie in the Volga Drainage Basin.
“Mother Volga”
The Volga remains an important river for shipping.
Populations
Ura
l Mou
ntai
ns
Ura
l Mou
ntai
ns
Most of the population of Russia is west of the Ural
Mountains.
This region is called “European Russia.”
Many people living in Russia are not
Russians.
History
Growth of Russian Empire
Russia was ruled for centuries by emperors called czars, including Ivan the Terrible.
Criminals and those that disagreed with the czar were often sent to Siberia to live.
Another Czar, Peter the Great, tried to modernize Russia.
The Czars lasted until World War One.
By that time, Russia was an Empire, dominating countries like Finland, Poland, and Ukraine.
During the World War One, a revolution overthrew the Czar.
The new leaders called themselves Communists.
Lenin
They shot the Czar and his family.
The Soviet Union made great efforts to catch up with Western Europe and the United States, such as digging this canal between the White Sea and the Baltic Sea.
However, these gains were completed at a great cost. People were forced to work and were fed little. They often died doing this work. They called the work camps gulags.
Trans-Siberian Railway
Other slave-labor sites in the Soviet Union included mines in frozen Siberia
or building the Trans-Siberian Railway.
The labor force was almost entirely made up of "enemies of the people" - prisoners convicted of "political" offences.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18116112
After World War II, the
Soviet Union controlled
almost all of Eastern Europe.
Lenin
Stalin
Soviet Russia was controlled by dictators like
Lenin and Stalin.
Warsaw Pact
Soviet Union
Russia
Ukraine
Belarus
Baltics
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Buffer States
After1989, Russia lost the Soviet Union countries, lost the Warsaw Pact, and now is in danger of losing Ukraine.
Poland Poland
Romania Romania
Bulgaria
Czech-Slovakia
Hungary Slovakia
Hungary
Czech
Bulgaria
Until 1989, Russia was the Soviet Union and controlled the Warsaw Pact.
Russian cotleta
Borscht – beet soup served cold
Pelmeni - small balls of minced meat covered with pastry
Golubci - minced meat covered with a cabbage leaf
Berry Piroshky
Name the largest city in Eastern Europe.
Moscow
Name the longest river in Europe. The Volga
Which of the following most challenges Russia’s ability to defend itself?
Russia’s north is permanently frozen.
Russia’s south is blocked with mountains that are difficult to cross.
Russia’s west has no defensible barriers like seas and mountains.
The Pacific Coast is swampy and Russians cannot built rail there.
Name the economic system that dominated Russia for most of the Twentieth Century.
Communism
Briefly describe the system of communism.
Under communism, there is no private property; the government owns everything.
Please read “Imperial Russia to the Soviet Union.” World Studies: Europe and Russia. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. pgs. 62-69. About 6 ½ pages
And
“Russia: A Huge Country Takes a New Path.” World Studies: Europe and Russia. Pearson-Prentice-Hall, 2005. pgs. 198-204. corruption, post-communism, Chechnya, Siberia, Moscow. About 4 ½ - 5 pages
Unsorted
Moscow The VolgaThe Kremlin The Russian Great Lakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BJd--JfTQ
Russian Federation is an alliance of Eastern Europe controlled by Russia today.
Tsar or Czar is the name of the king or emperor of Russia.