9th Century Russia

Other religious groups that inhabit Russia include the Muslims, Jews, Protestants, Catholics, and Buddhists. The Muslims form the second largest religious group in Russia. They are concentrated mostly in the ethnic republics of Tartarstan and Bashkortostan in the middle Volga region, and in the republics of Chechnya, Ingushetia, Alania (North Ossetia), Kabardino-Balkaria, and Dagestan. The Jews and Christians are dispersed throughout the country and the Buddhists live chiefly in the republics of Buryatia and Tuva on the Russian border with Mongolia and in Kalmykia on the northwest shore of the Caspian Sea. (Microsoft Encarta)

The Mongol empire was one the greatest empires of all time expanding all over Central Asia. Bordering Chinese states, the Khwarazmian empire, present day Afghanistan, Siberia, Iran, and many more, at its height the mongol empire was over 20,000,000 square kilometers. This was all possible due to extraordinary men in Central Asia, ruled by Genghis khan emperor of the Mongol empire. These Asian nomads along with their fearless and intelligent leader, flourished against numerous odds impacting all those whom they waged war against. A recipient of this ‘impact’ in particular was Russia. It was around 1219 when the Mongols first entered the Kievan Russia marking the beginning of the interactions of the two. With the Mongols rise in establishing one of the largest contiguous empire in history and having Russia only distances away the collision of the two were inevitable. As history shows this collision did happen in the year 1236 which marked the beginning of great impact that the Mongols would have on the Russian empire culturally, politically, and economically.

Russia before Peter the Great was disconnected from Europe and did not have the technology that the rest of the world had. This position was largely caused by the Mongol invasion of Russia around the 14th century. However, before the Mongol rule, the city-states of Kievan Rus predominated the region. This settlement was established when the Vikings began migrating from Scandinavia to the Black Sea, merging with the East Slavic people. Soon after the creation of Kievan Rus, they converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and began trade with the Byzantine Empire. About 250 years later, the Golden Horde began controlling Russia, cutting it off from the rest of the Europe. When the Russians finally broke free from Mongol rule around the 15th

Lets start out with the good things that Russia’s economy has. Russia has an more than enough natural resources. They have plenty of timber, precious metals, oil, gas, and coal. Those resources being exported could easily benefit their economy if it wasn’t for other countries who produce more of the resources taking their potential

In 1480, Ivan the Great successfully liberated Moscow and land stretching from Poland and Lithuania to the Ural Mountains. Culturally, Russia was at a deficit and some Russians had adopted Mongol customs and social habits to reduce their payment of taxes to the

For the most part Russia was a very religious country, and the heart of that religion was the Orthodox Church. In the year 1917 the Russian Empire declined along with the Tsarist Government. This decay of power lead to the decline of the Russian Orthodox church. The Church was well like by the Tsarist Government but with the rising Communist Government

Russia has built a strong, but stagnating economy on several natural resources to include the refinery and export of natural gas and oil. According to the Jim Picht (2014) exportation of natural gas and oil to Eastern Europe account for 70 percent of Russia’s exports and 53 percent of the government’s revenue. Along with exporting oil to Eastern Europe, Russia also exports too many countries to include China and Belarus. Europe fueled majority by Russian supplied natural gas and oil, the dependency of Europe’s need for this natural resource is the reason Russia’s economy is so strong. In 2014, when Russia decided to invade the neighboring country of Ukraine has led Europe to begin searching for other suppliers of their natural resources. If Europe finds other countries to supply the natural resources

The Mongol subjugation and then domination of the old Rus ' empire itself was a time of unrest and strife in Russia between 1223 AD and 1480 AD. The roots of the Mongol conquest can be ascertained to 1223AD when Batu Khan invaded from the steppes. The Mongols swept through the principalities of Rus in 1237, leaving a trail of devastation behind them. They successfully conquered most of the principalities in just a few months in what was and still is the only successful winter invasion of Rus (and Russia) ever

The country has over 5,000 Russian Orthodox churches. Many are built anew or under repair on parish and local budgets money. Russia religion varies significantly Rather it be a question of as easy opposed to west; Catholicism and Protestantism to Eastern Order; Islam as opposed to Christianity; many were to blame identifying cultural faults across the continent. Russia has been a innovator for many cultural traditions and events, such as humanism which have consequently been spread across internationally. This classical concept influenced the creation of art and literature beyond the continent.

Russia has 7 people in the world top 100 richest people. And it is safe to say

In Russia religion's influence was much different. There wasn't much influence at all in the period of 1815 to 1919. Czar Alexander proposed the Holy Alliance under which monarchs would pledge themselves to rule according to Christian teachings; here alot of them didn't have any sincerity, especially Alexander. Religion also intensified things as in France, Russia decided to intervene when the Greeks revolted against the Turks, claiming the need to protect fellow Christians from the Muslims. Russia has been Communist for a very long time already, and as such they are atheistic and they also persecuted organized religion as a rival for the people's loyalty. But since the collapse of Communist for reasons other than religion, it has allowed churches to practice freely, like the Russian Orthodox, have shown a surprising amount of popular support.

111 people control 19% of all household wealth in Russia (Breslow, 2015). The centrally planned economy realigned to a capitalist order based on markets, private property and free enterprise. The ‘oligarchs’ or known as Russia’s richest 1%, own about 30% of the entire populations personal assets (Aven, 2013). A massive disparity in wealth that is purported to have held back Russia’s economic growth from its true potential (Aven,

The key to budget balance lies in taxing oil exports. The operational measures that supported the Russian economy and the financial system in the past if continued to be implemented in the future could further stabilize the nation’s condition. Russia should fix the tax rates for the coming years in order to enable this. Tax breaks for new small enterprises should be established in Russia, as well as fiscal incentives for the industrial enterprises. In order to be competitive in the future their should be transparency of Russian companies, understanding how adopted measures are working and how they would work. As a part of this strategy, if implemented, from 2020 onwards firms will be obliged to introduce the best possible technologies .As a result Russian companies will hold standardised position that will determine the

Income and inequality has reached historical highs in most OECD countries, and for Russia it is still rising. In the mid 1980s the rich are 10percent and earns 7 times more income then the poor’s 10 percent today, it is 10 times more. 40% of Russia has seen little extra cash in their pockets from economic growth in recent decades. Rising inequality is not only a threat to social cohesion. But it is also an economic concern. It tends to drag down long term economic growth and harms opportunities. The face of poverty has also shifted from elderly to younger generations

Russia’s economy is ranked 143rd freest in the 2015 index and has an economic score of 52.1. Russia has had gains in business freedom, freedom from corruption, property rights, government spending and a labor freedom that has been offset by declines in monetary freedom. In the Europe region, Russia is ranked 41st out of 43 countries, and its overall score is below the world average. Although Russia has had an increase in political and economic isolation, coupled with falling gas prices, its economic freedom score has increased by 1.6 points since 2011. A better outlook than what Greece has in their score. The declines in financial freedom and property rights have been the cause for the lack of overall progress