The least of the least (Russia and sattelite countries) Flashcards
(24 cards)
… is the largest country of the planet with … km2
Russia
17 km2
It spans … times zones compared to … for Canada
11
5 and a half
It is the … largest state in population with … M people of whom … % are non-Russian
9th
147M
20%
The … diversity of Russia is as huge as its land and often unknown
cultural
There are … nations and more than. … official languages
280 nations
110 languages
… and … to democracy in the … has been a difficult period for Russians during the …
Establishing
Adjusting
post-communikst Russia
1990s
… collapsed in … and the … then split in … independent countries
Communism
1991
Soviet Union
15
The … part of Russia is the most …
European
populated
… is the … and the largest city (… M)
Moscow
capital
17M
… (… M) is the second Russian city in importance and … (… M) is the largest of …
St. Peterburg
5M
Kiev
3M
Ukraine
The … situation between … and … has been … since … when … invaded the … on the Black Sea and supported pro-Russians in taking control of the eastern part of the country
political
Ukraine
Russia
tense
2014
Russia
Crimea Peninsula
More recently (since February 2022), … has been trying to … of …, more precisely the …
Russia
take control
eastern Ukraine
Donbas region
… is the name used to designate the … part of Russia
Siberia
Asian
Siberia is all the land east of the …
Ural Mountains
Siberia is well deserved in … but they are … and … to reach
natural resources
hard
costly
… M Russians live in that land of … - swamps - … and …
40M
taiga
swamps
mountains
cold climate
It has very … population density with about only … % (… M) of Russia’s population on … % of its land
low
28%
40M
77%
… is the … (… m) and the largest lake in the world
Lake Baikal
deepest
1642 m
Lake Baikal contains more … than the …
freshwater
five great lakes
… - … - … - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan are central … countries of … - … and … with a predominantly … population
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Asian
steppes
desert
mountains
Muslim
At the opposite of Russia, their population all have a strong … increase
natural
The … of the … is the most important visible ecological disaster on the planet
shrinking
Aral Sea
The sea has lost …% of its original volume of water
90%
Some former prosperous fishing villages are now more than … km away from the new shoreline
90 km
