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Mother Russia Geography, Demographics, Economy, Environmental Issues
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Mother RussiaGeography, Demographics, Economy, Environmental Issues Mr. Joe Rhodes
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Geography
• Russia makes up most of E. Europe and spans into N. Asia
• Largest country in the world. Its friggin huge.• From north to south the East European Plain is clad
sequentially in tundra, coniferous forest (taiga), mixed and broad-leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes in vegetation reflect the changes in climate. Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga
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Geography
• Russia holds the greatest reserves in mineral resources of any country in the world. Ex. Coal (C and W Siberia) Petro (W and Ural-Volga area) Natural Gas (own 40% of the world’s deposits –N to NW Siberia) Iron-Ore (S of Moscow)-manganese. Nickel, tungsten, cobalt, molybdenum and other iron
• Russia also contains many non-ferrous minerals-Aluminum and Copper-Ural Region
• Rare materials-gold, silver, mercury-Siberia and Urals• Raw Materials-potassium, magnesium salt, sulfur• 8% farming, 4% pasture, 46% woodland and forests, 42%
other purposes.
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Demographics
• Population-143,030,106-Jan of 2012-• Population density-8.4% Per square Kilometer• 74% urban, 26% rural • Life Expectancy-Male-64 (75), Female-76 (80)• Ethnic Diversity or Lack Of-Serves as an instigator. No
matter the country, minority groups fight for their rights• Religion-73% Orthodox, 6% Muslim, 1% Catholics-the
rest are a whole bunch of other stuff.
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Economy
• 9th largest economy in the world• Market Economy-rough transition since collapse of S.U.
Result is a serious crisis in 1998.• Has weathered the crisis well and bounced back…
remember free market systems can be like roller coasters.
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Environmental Issues
• Conservation• Focusing on endangered animals
• Deforestation• There’s money in trees
• Energy• Produced by polluting fossil fuels
• Pollution (Water and Air)• Caused by industry
• Nuclear• Disposal of nuclear waste
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Current Govt.
• Presidential-Parliamentary• President-Dmitry Medvedev• Prime Minister-Vladamir Putin
• Federal Assembly• Bicameral-State Duma and Federal Council
• Judiciary• Similar to U.S.