GEOG 1001 Chapter : Russian Domain 1
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Includes russia, ukraine, belarus, moldova, georgia, and armenia. H2o absorbs insulation slower than land, but releases it slower. Siberia e. of urals, n. of kazakhstan, mongolia, & china. 77% of russia"s land; 30% of its pop. Founded in 1970, to house chernobyl power plant workers. Two rivers that are heavily used for irrigation, cotton. Salinity increased, causing most fish to die http://upload. wikimedia. org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/aral_sea. gif. 150 million tons get dumped on central asia. Other 5 countries in region 70 million total. Higher death rates (13. 65/1000; us 8. 26/1000) substance abuse, aids. First slavic ruler to gain title of czar. Marxism analyzes the conflict between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and laborers (proletariat) Workers or state should own means of production and profits should be evenly. Production/distribution of goods are owned collectively, wealth is more evenly distributed, and political power is exercised by the whole community. Lenin treated it as a transition between capitalism and communism.
