Introduction Central Russia Volga River Southern Russia Russias
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Introduction
Central Russia
Volga River
Southern Russia
Russia’s prairies: the steppe
Russia’s Black Sea Coast Russia’s Black Sea coast
The Russian Caucasus: Mount Elbrus
Russian winter
The Russian Arctic
Altai Mountains: foothills of the Himalayas
Siberian taiga
Lake Baikal
The Russian Far East: Kamchatka Peninsula
Russia’s Pacific Coast
Russia’s Pacific Coast
Population density in Russia
Ksenia Sukhinina from Tyumen’, Siberia Miss Russia 2010
Moscow Kremlin Moscow, Kremlin: the center of Russian state power
Winter Palace, St. Petersburg: Russia’s “second capital”
The Kremlin in Kazan, Tatarstan: Russia’s “Third Capital”
The State Emblem of the Russian Federation
n n n RUSSIA’S ASSETS World’s largest territory (1/7 of the planet’s dry land) Over 1/3 of global natural resources World’s 5 th in arable land acreage World’s 9 th most populated country (142 mln. people) World’s 8 th biggest economy A nuclear superpower A space superpower One of the 5 permanent members of UN Security Council A member of G 8 and G 20 A key international actor across Eurasia (involved in more international organizations and projects than any other state except US)
n n n Recommended readings for the course: Nicholas Riasanovsky, A History of Russia. Oxford U. Press, 2004 http: //www. amazon. com/History-Russia-Combined-Nicholas. Riasanovsky/dp/0195153944/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Philip Longworth, Russia: The Once and Future Empire. St. Martin’s Press, 2006 http: //www. amazon. com/Russia-Future-Empire-Pre-History. Putin/dp/031236041 X/ref=sid_dp_dp Robert Service, A History of Modern Russia, from Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin. Harvard U. Press, 2005 http: //www. amazon. com/History-Modern-Russia-Nicholas. Vladimir/dp/067401801 X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b Suzanne Massie, Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia. Hearttree Press, 1980 http: //www. amazon. com/Land-Firebird-Beauty-Old. Russia/dp/096441841 X/ref=pd_sim_b_1 Orlando Figes, Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia. Picador, 2003 http: //www. amazon. com/Natashas-Dance-Cultural-History. Russia/dp/0312421958/ref=pd_sim_b_4
n n Alexander Borodin, Symphony No. 2, 1 st Movement: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Z 3 e 6 C PLBZWI&feature=related