ISS 315 Midterm: Exam 3
1 May 2017
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Countries in the russian domain, ukraine, belarus, georgia, armenia, moldova (gumbra) It is divided politically and unstable (pro european and pro russian sides) (joining to eu?: regional cultural divide between the ukrainians and russians, russia"s expansive geopolitical ambitions. Russia character: largest country in land (9 time zones, rich in resources, rugged terrain limits agriculture and settlement, rapid political and economic change since 1991. Caucasus mountains location: southern russian boundary between the black and caspian seas (good soils but arid/dry) Kuril islands: added with expansion of soviet state from japan (stalin, continued disputes. Characteristics of a high-latitude continental climate: large temp extremes and short growing season (d) Population of the russian domain: 200 million (most in cities) Difference between european russia and asian russia: european russia is heavily populated and contains almost all the cities, ural mountains separate european russia from siberia. 1: mikrorayons, self contained housing projects of the 1970s/80s.
