1. CHAPTER 5
Russia and the Post-Soviet States

2. CHAPTER 2 Russia : Defining the
Realm

3. CHAPTER 2
Russia : Defining the Realm

4. Globalization & Diversity: Rowntree, 4
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5. RUSSIA-US SIZE COMPARISON
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6. Physical Geography of the Russian Domain
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7. Taiga
CHAPTER 2
Russia : Defining the Realm

8. Climate
Map
of the
Russian
Developed Domain
Area Triangle
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9. 80o
Arctic Circle
Alaska
60o
40o
Latitudinal
Hawaii
Impact 9

10. RUSSIAN CLIMATE
• Affected by 3 natural
conditions:
-- Latitudinal Position
-- Continental Position
-- LocationWyckoff major mountains
of
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11. Agricultural Regions (Fig. 9.5)
Agricultural Triangle
(Developed Triangle)
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12. Environmental Issues in the Russian Domain
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13. Environmental Issues (cont’d)
Impacts of Soviet Industrialization
Air, Water & Nuclear Pollution
Diversity Amid 13

14. The Decline of the Aral Sea
Figure 5.31

15. Population Map of the Russian Domain
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16. Population Density
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17. Recent Migration Flows in the Russian Domain (Fig. 9.17)
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18. Growth of the Russian Empire
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19. Cultural
Coherence
and Diversity
• Dominance
of Slavic
peoples
• Russian
empire
expansion
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20. Languages of the Russian Domain (Fig. 9.22)
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21. Soviet Geopolitical System
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22. CHAPTER 2 Russia : Defining the
Realm

23. Geopolitical Issues in the Russian Domain (Fig. 9.27)
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24. Soviet Era
Geopolitics
- Bolsheviks
- Autonomous
Areas
- Glasnost
- Perestroika
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25. Strategic Space:
The Case of Kaliningrad
Russian Exclave
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26. Major Natural Resources and Industrial Zones (Fig. 9.30)
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