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RUSSIAN FEDERATIONand the surrounding European Republics

FUN FACTS

• National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOAtz8xWM0w

• Russia is bigger than Pluto (km2)

• 77% is considered SIBERIA

• Russia and the US are 4 km apart

• Largest country in the world- LAND (9 time zones)

• Home to the largest river & fresh water lake

• 1980 Olympics Moscow

• Joseph Stalin-Communist ruler

• Anastasia and Rasputin is a TRUE story but

NOT the Disney version

LAKE BAIKAL

Deepest lake in the world

• Depth: >1 mile• Width: >400 miles• Holds 20% of fresh water in the world

MAP TIMETurn to page 336

EUROPE VOCAB“MR. HELP” STYLE

1. Get out piece of paper2. Open textbook to pg 344

RUSSIA HISTORY: BEGINNING# 1 Slavic people

#2 Vikings from Scandinavia

#3 Tartars from Mongolia- aka Mongols led by Genghis Khan

#4 Ivan the Great/”Terrible”- 1st czar (king)

#5 Peter the Great:1682-1725• St. Petersburg named after him

• REFORM- built up military, new territory, education

#6 Catherine the Great

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NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA ROMANOV :THE PARENTS

• Nicholas II marries German princess Alexandra “Alix”

• 4 girls and 1 son

• Last czar of Russia• Monarchy overthrown in RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

• 1917 Russian Revolution• Causes: PICK THREE

1. land issues

2. Nicholas II- disliked (too much of a family guy) and lost Russo- Japanese War

3. WWI

4. Rasputin

5. Workers Strikes- “land, bread, peace”

GRIGORIRASPUTIN

The real story

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjxxOOvprzKAhUSzWMKHfamALcQjRwIBw&url=http://www.biography.com/people/rasputin-9452162&psig=AFQjCNF94f8ifLA5HoK6DSqo0x-qL6hj1g&ust=1453513630404787

"IN THE EVENING OF 16 JULY, COMMANDANT YUROVSKY [THE HEAD OF THE EXECUTION SQUAD] ORDERED ME TO TAKE ALL THE REVOLVERS FROM THE GUARDS AND TO BRING THEM TO HIM. I TOOK TWELVE REVOLVERS …AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE COMMANDANT'S OFFICE.

YUROVSKY SAID TO ME, 'WE MUST SHOOT THEM ALL TONIGHT; SO NOTIFY THE GUARDS NOT TO BE ALARMED IF THEY HEAR SHOTS.' I UNDERSTOOD, THEREFORE, THAT YUROVSKY HAD IT IN HIS MIND TO SHOOT THE WHOLE OF THE TSAR'S FAMILY, AS WELL AS THE DOCTOR AND THE SERVANTS WHO LIVED WITH THEM, BUT I DID NOT ASK HIM WHERE OR BY WHOM THE DECISION HAD BEEN MADE...”

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT: Pavel Medevedev

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