Russia is a vast country with multiple different traditions, conditions, and features. Russia is so diverse because of its huge size. In one part of the country, there are many different climate zones and people on one side, and then there are a bunch of other climate zones and people on the other side. Russia has several things in common with the US, but every country is unique in a way. This is Russia, the interesting way to live.
Let’s start with where Russia is. Russia sits in the northern hemisphere in the middle of the continent of Eurasia, or Europe and Asia. It covers a larger area of Asia, and less than Europe. To be exact, Russia has the geographic coordinates of 60° N and 100° E. (Education in Russia for Foreigners)
If Russia lives in a place of large landmasses and little farmland, what kinds of things are in Russia? Russia is home to all kinds of landforms. Some major landforms of Russia are Lake Baikal, the Urals, the East European Plain, the West Siberian lowland, the central Siberia plateau, Mt. Elbrus, and volcanoes. These physical features may help support life in Russia by supplying Russians with resources such as water or oil. (Introducing the Region: Physical Geography 205)
They are all located in different parts of the country, so it can be hot or cold in one area. Since the country is so humungous, there obviously isn’t just one climate zone. It’s mostly humid continental in European Russia. It ranges from warm to hot in the summer to cold in the winter. Up north is Siberia, the climate here is mostly subarctic. In Siberia, the temperatures can get extreme, with blazing hot summers and frigid winters. The winters in the Southern European Russia are shorter than winters up north. Russian Steppes in Southern ...
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...ns of oil in the oceans of Earth and industrial development is making the matter worse. Because of these events, negative feedback is happening: Release of air pollution, water pollution, depletion of the ozone layers, impacts on health, crops and humans, etc. Russians had a hard time dealing with this until 1949; laws were made to reduce the amount of toxic substances being produced from industries. Different laws are still being processed in the present to decrease this environmental issue. (The Environmental Outlook in Russia, TED Case Studies: Russia Air Pollution)
Russia is its own country that speaks for itself. They have so many distinctive foods and culture available for anyone to experience. Overall, Russia is the country to visit; with differences and similarities to other countries that no one would see in a life time. Russia is definitely one of a kind.
Historically, Russia has always been a country of perplexing dualities. The reality of Dual Russia, the separation of the official culture from that of the common people, persisted after the Revolution of 1917 and the Civil War. The Czarist Russia was at once modernized and backward: St. Petersburg and Moscow stood as the highly developed industrial centers of the country and two of the capitals of Europe, yet the overwhelming majority of the population were subsistent farms who lived on mir; French was the official language and the elites were highly literate, yet 82% of the populati...
Russia's industries were beginning to develop and the number of people living in towns was increasing. These people were the urban working class of Russia and they were not as eager to accept the poor wages and conditions as the peasants were.
1) The pre-revolutionary history of Russia. For the Russians it was traditional view itself as a nation with a special mission. It started since the late Middle Ages. After the destruction of Byzantium, Russia was the only independent country with a dominant Orthodox faith. The religious factor has led to the fact that in spreading the true fait...
Russia is a different country than most are used to which has made a history for itself. Russia played a huge part in World War II as well as established many scientific minds and creation. The first mission (unmanned) to outer space was conducted by Russia (Soviet Union). Their government is similar to democracy, but contains a president, a prime minister, a judicial branch, and a Russian Federation Assembly (State Duma and the Federation Council). Power is split between the Prime Minister (Dmitry Medvedev) and the President (Vladimir Putin); however, the president has deciding power (Darlington, 2014).
Russia has undergone many changes since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It has gone through many key changes both politically and economically. The Russian government lies in between a democratic and a totalitarian system, with dissatisfaction from many of the citizens. Economically Russia’s transition has been more successful, but many of the citizen’s are in poverty and have low standards of living. In conclusion, the transition from the communist model a democratic, free market oriented model has not gone smoothly and has not been successful.
Russia is the largest country on Earth and its territory expands to 17,098,242 sq km with 16,377,742 sq km composed of land and 720,500 sq km of water. Russia houses a population of approximately 142,470,272 citizens with 10.523 million residing in Russia's capital, Moscow. Russia's conventional name is the Russian Federation and in the past used to be called the Russian Empire and more recently, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic or the USSR before the fall of communism during late 1980s and early 1990s. After the fall of communism and collapse of the USSR in 1991, Russia's first democratically elected president, Boris Yeltsin attempted to reform Russia into a democratic nation. Today Russia's attempts at becoming a democratic nation have failed, it has become a mock democracy with their elections being unfair, the courts no longer independent, and political oppositions are not tolerated.
Russia is generally apportioned the benefit of having introduced a political phenomenon that basically provided an alternative for capitalism; communism. Since this concept was only set in motion at the turn of the 20th century, we can therefore deduce that, to a large extent, Russia is, to most people, synonymous with leaders such as Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and Gorbachev. This supposition is entirely based on the premise that the Russian revolution of 1914 inherently altered the socio-cultural and socio-political direction of the nation, bringing into birth a never before envisioned era where Russia was not ruled by the Tsars, but by simple men; men who spoke to and articulated the needs of the masses. To this extent, communism, therefore, is largely misconceived as having been the fulcrum of Russia’s civilization. Much of this misconception , as signaled earlier, is based on the growth and progression of the Russian society in the years after the revolution until 1990, when the Berlin wall fell, essentially bringing down with it decades of Soviet Union tradition based on communism.
Russia, spanning 11 time zones and serving as home to about 150 million people, possesses tremendous natural and human resources. Demand today for imported consumer goods, capital equipment, and services remains remarkably strong, with imports representing an unusually large percentage of the national market. Despite outstanding long-term market potential, Russia continues to be an extremely difficult country in which to do business.
characteristic. Siberia is known to be very cold, but also a part of the Soviet
Russia is located south of the Arctic Ocean, west of Alaska, north of Mongolia and China, and east of Europe. The capital of Russia, the biggest country in the world, is Moscow which is at 55 45º N 37 42 E. The Russians speak mainly Russian, although other languages are also spoken (place). Russian is 6,592,800 square miles, that’s around two whole United States in one country and Russia is the home of the deepest and oldest lake in the world. Lake Baikal is 1637 meters deep, and is freshwater. The largest mountain in Europe is also located in Russia, Mt. Elbrus at 5642 miles high. The most popular way to travel (movement) in Russia is by railroads, followed by air travel, and then by roads (driving) and water transportation. The U.S. buys 50.5% of Russia’s oil exp...
On universities or colleges Russia does not regularly provide financial aid to their students but they get free books for their classes by their university or college library. The United States has more than 4,500 degree-granting colleges and universities, including 2-year colleges. (Bergheim, L.A. Weird Wonderful America). Russia has only 3 years of college or 4 years as we regularly have on the United States. Another example of differences between United States and Russia is there holidays, like Russia Christmas Eve is on January the 7 and on United States is on December 25. Also like in Unites States the month February day 14 in our culture is Valentine’s Day however in Russia Valentine’s Day for them its call Women’s Day and it's on March the 9. That day it's the same women receive flower and love cards as we do but on February the 14. Another example of differences is there population, United States has 318.9 million people and Russia has 143.5 million people even that Russia is twice bigger than United States. The reasons for the decline included a low birth rate and a significant drop in life expectancy due to such factors as drug and alcohol use, high smoking rates, poor nutrition, and inadequate health care. (Gottfried, Ted).
Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area and the world’s ninth most populous nation with 143 million people. Due to its large area the country is situated in 4 different climate zones and has vast natural resources. Russia also has a unique geographic position with the 14 border countries, bounded by 3 out of 4 world oceans, facilitating the build of international and domestic supply chains. Russia is one of the most technologically advanced economies in the world with a very big and well-educated work force and one of the largest consumer markets. The Russian economy is commodity-driven and is the world’s largest producer of oil (12%), natural gas (18%) and nickel (20%).
Russia has a high crime rate also. Their crime rate is so high that if you were to go to the store like the grocery store, when you walk in the store u have to lock your things up in a locker and shop. When you got through shopping then you were to pick up your stuff out of your locker. The whole time that you are shopping there are people watching your every move. The reason why the crime rate is so high is because they work hard to get paid a little amount of money. Russia’s unemployment rate is very high. There are not enough jobs in Russia for everyone to have a job. For example if you were to get a job at a fast food restaurant, you were only getting paid a little or nothing an hour and that’s not even close to minuan wage in America.
When you think of Russia you think of the cold, communism and a massive empty space on earth that we have no idea why God even put it there. Out of that land, however, came one of the greatest composers to ever live, Peter Tchaikovsky. We instantly place his wild name with the great ballet, The Nutcracker, but this is just a part of his magnificent legacy of music he produced.
Russia contains many different trade routes and is looking to expand its trans-Siberian railway to open up even more. There are also many different boundaries, a large amount of these are in the Northwestern, Central, Southern, Volga, and lower portions of the Urals, and Siberian areas. Populated areas contain most of the sustainable structures. It also includes 26 protected sites of World Heritage. These are found in the northwest mainly, but also found throughout Russia. Capabilities in Russia are lower than most other countries as the climate and terrain pose the issue of making most of the country not ideal for saving, enhancing, or sustaining life.