Russia, The Mid East, And North Afric An American Perspective On Geographic Issues

Throughout the entire world, two of the most distinct and dominant countries are Russia and America. While they are similar in size, they are very culturally diverse and feature distinct differences in language, food and religion. Firstly, the languages of Russia and America vary greatly. Although research from the Modern Language Association states that the languages of English and Russian are predominantly spoken in their native countries, their alphabets and sentence manners decidedly oppose each other. While English-speaking Americans use a basic English alphabet and are able to communicate formally with relative ease, Russians use a complex Cyrillic alphabet that leads to a distinguished, less formal way of speaking that switches between

There are many stereotypes in the American society that bestows an idea of the depiction of Russians. From past Olympics, we see that the Russians excel in sports and are powerful individuals. We also see the power and intelligence which come from this

The mid-west region is a very important part of the U.S  because of its agriculture which is an important part of the economy and the climate is very important to agriculture. People are adding carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and that is causing the Earth's climate to change in ways that affect farmers crops. temperatures are going up and snow and rain fall patterns are going down, and storms and droughts are becoming more and more frequent, also the extra carbon dioxide in the air directly affects the way plants and crops grown. These changes to the atmosphere will both affect agriculture in positive and negative

Major Historical Changes: Russia shifted to industrialization and technology in its frontiers. The land size remained relatively constant

Before the Soviet Union dissolved into several smaller countries in 1991, it was a huge country covering around eight million square miles. However, most of the areas were not suitable to be occupied. They were either too cold, or too hot and too dry to be occupied. The best land in the Soviet Union was generally located inside the triangle Leningrad (A) - Lake Baikal (B) - Odessa (C) shown in Fig. 1. This was nine-tenths of the best land in the Soviet Union, where most cities, transportation systems, and farms were located. The triangle also includes the Black Earth region with the Central Black Earth Region or Chernozemie is located approximately in the grey area inside the triangle shown in Fig 1. This is a perfect land for agriculture

Chapter one in our textbook taught me much about Russia’s geography and people. The chapter creatively described Russia’s characteristics so that it can be easily imagined. The chapter described how Russia remains the largest country in the world, it is almost twice the size of the United States. The exact length of Russia from east to west is about 10,000 kilometers, and from north to south measures more than 4,000 kilometers. Some of the physical features of Russia include many large rivers and lakes. The longest rivers include are the Siberian ones, the Lena, the Irtysh and the Ob. Another unique characteristics of Russia is climate. Due to Russia’s extreme northern location, it has caused its climate to be brutal. Average winter temperatures

The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union signified an end to Russia’s control over its Middle Eastern Empire. Many of its states seceded and founded new nations and Russia lost significant power over the region. The new Russian Federation, in an effort to reestablish Soviet supremacy, has launched a neo-imperialistic campaign to once again have political, economic and security control over the area today known as the Caucasus. Principally, Russia wants to have political control over the area consisting of the lands of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia and Chechnya as well as the Caspian Sea. Furthermore, it is an objective to reap profit from this resource-rich area to stabilize Russia’s economy. Additionally, Russia wants to

One of Russia’s diversities of Kremlins, the Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, standing erect and vast within the fork of the rivers,Neglina, and Moskva. As early as 1147, the Kremlin had begun its glorious construction. Although it was not all together majestic at the time, over the formative years, the Moscow Kremlin continued to populate and expand until it became known as one of the greatest structures ever raised in Russia.

Russia expands throughout northern Asia and most of the Eastern Europe region and it extend from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south. Russia’s total area is 17,098,242 sq. km and covers more than one eighth of the earth’s colonized land areas. This makes Russia the largest country in the world in terms of area, and it’s 1.8 times the size of the United States. Despite Russia being the largest country only 7.3% of its land is arable, which is a result of the unpredictable climate, and lack of proper soil. However, there a many natural resource located in Russia such as, oil, natural gas, coal, minerals, reserves of rare earth elements, and timber. Furthermore, the climate in Russia varies by geographic location. In the cities the temperature is known to be very humid and during the Siberia winter the temperature drops below freezing. For instance, Siberia in the winter is devastatingly frigid, while its summers are generally pleasant, despite a little rain. Whereas in the region near the Black Sea has mild winters, and encounter a decent amount of rain. Throughout Russia there is a vast amount of different landforms. For instance, in central and southern Russia there are larger amounts of fertile areas, marsh, steppes, and massive coniferous forest. Whereas Siberia is a mixture of frozen tundra, hills rising to plateaus, and scattered mountain ranges. However,

Russia is a land of many mysteries and a country of many wars. It has been torn apart by harsh climates and a devastated economy. Living for centuries in tough climates explains the Russian strength and ability to take endured hardship. It also explains the way they conduct and carry themselves throughout time.

Russia is a multi-national state with over 185 different ethnic groups. The populations of these groups vary enormously. Russians take up about 80.9% of the population. The second highest ethnic population is the Tartars, which take up just 3.4% of Russia. The ethnic groups go down in size from there. The top five ethnic groups in Russia are the Russians, Tartars, Ukrainians, Bashkirs, and Chuvashs. Among the 85 subjects, which constitute Russia, there are 21 national republics, which are meant to be home to a specific ethnic minority.

It is important to know why Russia’s poverty levels matter to geography because while countries near Russia could be

The geographical issues that faced Russia, made it difficult to overcome economic and social barriers. Russia had a huge landmass, covering almost 1/6th of the total land surface of the world, expanding over vast and climatically diverse regions. The shear diversity of these regions and variety of climate, caused several problems and limitations for Russia’s development and growth. For all of Russia’s great size, very little of it was hospitable to people and farming. The Tundra region in the north, proved to be too cold to support plant and crop growth and the semi-desert regions of Central Asia are unable to support large numbers of people. Russia had an extreme continental climate,

Most people can agree that Russia is an interesting culture, even if they know very little about it. It has unique aspects to it, such as its political power, military, food, and even language. The US is competitors with them, yet neither ever called for war. Russia is a very literate country, one of the highest in literacy. Russia has so much more to it than its stereotype, such as being known for large mobsters and mafia groups. Russia is much more than that, and not many people want to learn more or look past it. Russia may be a competitor to the US, but the fact that it is such a great competitor proves the fact that they are a great

Russia is a democratic republic with 83 federal units. The country is bordered by 14 countries including Norway, Finland, Estonia, and Poland. It is one of the largest countries in the world with a land area of 17,000,000 squire kilometers and a population of 143 million people. The country is well endowed with natural resources like minerals, forest cover and water resources. Russian mighty and power was acquired during its membership in the Soviet Union were it emerged as a super power. The country has permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council; it is also a member of the Group of 20(G20), Group of 8(G8) and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. This paper will critically examine the Russian national