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Introduction

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Central Russia

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Volga River

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Southern Russia

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Russia’s prairies: the steppe

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Russia’s Black Sea coastRussia’s Black Sea Coast

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The Russian Caucasus: Mount Elbrus

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Russian winter

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The Russian Arctic

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Altai Mountains: foothills of the Himalayas

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Siberian taiga

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Lake Baikal

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The Russian Far East: Kamchatka Peninsula

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Russia’s Pacific Coast

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Russia’s Pacific Coast

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Population density in Russia

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Ksenia Sukhinina from Tyumen’, Siberia - Miss Russia 2010

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Moscow Kremlin Moscow, Kremlin: the center of Russian state power

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Winter Palace, St. Petersburg: Russia’s “second capital”

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The Kremlin in Kazan, Tatarstan: Russia’s “Third Capital”

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The State Emblem of the Russian Federation

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RUSSIA’S ASSETS World’s largest territory (1/7 of the planet’s dry land) Over 1/3 of global natural resources World’s 5th in arable land acreage World’s 9th most populated country (142 mln. people) World’s 8th biggest economy A nuclear superpower A space superpower One of the 5 permanent members of UN Security Council A member of G8 and G20 A key international actor across Eurasia (involved in more

international organizations and projects than any other state except US)

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Recommended readings for the course:

Nicholas Riasanovsky, A History of Russia. Oxford U. Press, 2004 http://www.amazon.com/History-Russia-Combined-Nicholas-Riasanovsky/dp/0

195153944/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Philip Longworth, Russia: The Once and Future Empire. St. Martin’s Press,

2006 http://www.amazon.com/Russia-Future-Empire-Pre-History-Putin/dp/03123604

1X/ref=sid_dp_dp Robert Service, A History of Modern Russia, from Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin.

Harvard U. Press, 2005 http://www.amazon.com/History-Modern-Russia-Nicholas-Vladimir/dp/

067401801X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b Suzanne Massie, Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia. Hearttree

Press, 1980 http://www.amazon.com/Land-Firebird-Beauty-Old-Russia/dp/096441841X/

ref=pd_sim_b_1 Orlando Figes, Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia. Picador, 2003 http://www.amazon.com/Natashas-Dance-Cultural-History-Russia/dp/

0312421958/ref=pd_sim_b_4

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Alexander Borodin, Symphony No.2, 1st Movement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3e6CPLBZWI&feature=related