Russia Nation Report part 1

RUSSIA

By Alexa Bouquet

RUSSIA

By Alexa Bouquet

Geography of RussiaRussia is the largest country in the worldTotal area: 17,075,400Russia has many natural resources such as major deposits of timber, petroleum, natural gas, coal, ores, and other mineral resources

Geography of Russia Cont.The majority of Russia is made up of huge plains that are mostly grassland (Steppe) to the south and heavy forest to the north, with a tundra along the coast Russia possesses 10% of the world’s land that can be used for agricultureRussia has one of the worlds largest surface water resources

Russia is home to Lake Baikal, the worlds oldest freshwater lake Russia is in 2cd (1st being Brazil) in volume of total renewable water resources Russia has 100,000 rivers

People of Russia79.8% of the population consists of ethnic Russians160 other groups and indigenous people live in RussiaThe Russian population is decliningThe population peaked in 1991, with 148,689,000 peopleThe decrease in population is due to high death rate and low birth rate

People of Russia Cont. Russia’s traditional religions are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and JudaismRussia’s primary religion is Russian Orthodoxy

Russia has around 100 different languagesApproximately 142.6 million people speak RussianOver ¼ of the worlds literature is published in Russian

Russian CultureWoodcraft buildings were the start of Russianarchitecture

Icon paintings and vibrant mural paintings on walls or ceilings were the focus of early Russian paintingsIn 1757 The Russian Academy of Arts was createdThe purpose was to give artist an international role and status.In the 19th century realism dominated

Russian Literature is thoughtof as some of the most influentialand developed in the world

Russian Culture Cont.

Russia has 7 public holidaysRussian New Year which resembles Western Christmas (Most popular holiday)RozhdestvoPaskha (Easter)Troitsa (Trinity)Kurban BayramUraza BayramThe second most popular holiday is victory day, Which commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II

The state symbols of Russia are the Byzantine double-headed eagle, combined with St.GeorgeOf Moscow in the Russian coat of arms

History of RussiaSome of the first modern bones were found on the Don River banks in Konstenki

The bones were 35,000 years old In prehistoric time, parts of Southern Russia was home to nomadic transhumance also know as nomadic pastoralists The Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, which was an ancient state located in eastern Crimea and the Taman Peninsula, was overwhelmed with nomadic invasions, led by tribes such as Huns and Turkic AvarsThe wooded areas of Pinsk Marshes was thought to be the home of the ancestors of modern Russians and Slavic tribes The Pinsk Marshes also know as the Pripyat Marshes take up most of the southern part of Belarus and the north-west of Ukraine They cover about 38,000 square miles surrounding the Pripyat river on both sides

History of Russia Cont.After the Russian revolution, which was a political revolution, a civil was broke outThe treaty of Brest-Litovsk ended the hostilities with Central powers in World War IBy signing the treaty, Russia lost Ukrainian, Polish, Baltic, and Finnish territoriesA lot of damage had been done by the end of the Russian civil warThe Russian economy and infrastructure were extremelydamaged The famine of 1921, which happened during the sameperiod, claimed 5 million victimsThe Soviet Union was formed on December 30th 1922The Soviet union was formed by the Russian SFSR and 3 other soviet unionsThe SFSR was the largest out of the 15 republics that made up the Soviet UnionFor 69 years the SFSR dominated the Soviet UnionThough incorrect the USSR was often referred to as Russiaand its people being Russians

Work Cited

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Geography

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Demographics

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Culture• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#History