GEOG 1001 Chapter : Russia
Document Summary
Russia and parts of what used to be russia. It is part of a region of the ukraine that has so many russians in it they are thinking of breaking away from part of the country (riots during olympics after peaceful protesters were killed). Tensions rising to surface in ukraine as a result from some old tensions we are about to talk about. Russia and the states that used to be connected to it still have a strong relationship. In the ukraine, many people speak russian and not ukrainian: basic historical geography of russia and the soviet union, largest country in the world today by land-area. The country stretches across 6000 miles east to west. The united states have 4 time zones in the continental u. s. but. Russia has 9 time zones: not the most populous. About 140 million people compared to 300 mil in the u. s. and.
