Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The Basic Facts About Russia!

Russia!


Relative Location-
Northern Asia, bordering the arctic ocean between Europe and the Northern Pacific Ocean.
absolute location-
60 degrees North, 100 degrees East
climate-
Arctic and Subarctic
winters - fridged in Siberia, cool along the Black Sea
summers - warm in the Steppes, cool along the Arctic coast.
Vegatation-
Most of Russia doesn't have the proper soil and climate to grow anything worth while, but there is a belt of land that streatches across southern Russian, and most of the European Plain is mostly farmland.
Government-
Federation (self government)
Current leader- Dmirty Medvedev

Citation:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html (CIA)
http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2008/08/26/1543_type82912_205752.shtml (Kremlin.ru)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation (wikipedia)

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