Russia
By Jordan Laws and Alexis Gallimore
Geography
- Russia is located in eastern Europe.
- Bering Sea,Norwegian Sea, Kara Sea, East Siberian Sea
- Moscow is the capital
- St. Petersburg,Samara,Omsk,Kazan,Rostov-on-don
- 6.602 million square miles
- Volga river plain, Ural Mountains
- Fertile areas,marshes,steppes,coniferous forests
- Petroleum,Uranium,Coal,gas reserves,iron,lead,titanium
Economy
- mining,aerospace production,machinery manufacturing, electric engineering,pulp and paper production,automotive industry,agriculture
- gas,coal,oil,metal,timber,defense equipment are its major exports
- machinery,transport equipment,plastics,medicines,iron,steel,consumer goods,meat are major imports
- currency-Russian Ruble=0.014 American dollars
Government
- federal republican government
- Vladimir Putin is current leader
- military age 18-27
- conscription 12 months
- active personnel 771,000
- reserve personnel 2 million
- foreign policy-cis (commonwealth of independent states)
Current events
- Vladimir Putin calls Donald Trump a "very colorful and talented man"
- Ukraine refuses to repay 3 billion dollar debt to Russia
- Russia Deploys 10,000 troops into Ukraine
- Eu plans to prolong sanctions against Russia
- FSB raids Turkish Bank Branches in Russia
Social Structure
Class system-Not Designated
Religion-Most Russians are orthodox christian
Main ethnic groups-Tatars, Ukrainians, Bashkir, Chuvash, Chechens, and Armenians
Life expectancy-70.46 years for most Russians
Language-Russian
Education-10 to 11 Year Learning Course