GEOG 1001 Study Guide - Permafrost, Unken, Mikhail Gorbachev
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First slavic ruler to gain title of czar. Cossacks: semi-nomadic people, russian kings or emperors, hereditary succession, peter the great. Forward capital moves capital to st. petersburg: deliberately positioned to signify the state"s interest. Look to the west: tsarina catherine the great. Expanded russian empire: southern russia, ukraine, warm-water coastline of black sea, serfdom, mid 1600"s-1861, serfs beholden to landowners or the state, not ethnically based, bound to the land. ~80% of population, leased land, had no free movement. 1991 break-up: nomadic pastoralists, meat, milk, fiber, slavs (including rus. ) Origins: farmers emerged in poland, ukraine, belarus, founded settlements. 13th century - moscow ruler"s as tax collectors. Setting the boundaries: northern half of eurasia, rapid political and economic change, domain, persisting russian influence. Russia: world"s largest country, spans 11 time zones, most of region 50 -70 n. Includes russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova, georgia, and armenia. Regions: european west, most of the population. Extension of european lowland: east to ural mts.
