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The Russian Realm

The Russian Realm. First impression. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFK1G-2f5sI. Table of content. Introduction Politics and history Geography Economy Demographics Culture Tourism. Introduction.

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The Russian Realm

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  1. The Russian Realm

  2. Firstimpression • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFK1G-2f5sI

  3. Table of content • Introduction • Politics and history • Geography • Economy • Demographics • Culture • Tourism

  4. Introduction The Russian Realm includes the dominant country of Russia and the three transcaucasian countries of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

  5. Historyand Politics

  6. Geo-Political Problems:Areas of Conflict:

  7. Geography • Stretches over 11 time zones • Four major regions: The Russian Core,The Eastern Frontier,Siberia,The Far East • Physiography: Caucasus, central asian ranges,Eastern Highlands,Kamchatka Peninsula,Ural Mountains, Russian Plain,West Siberian Plain, Central Siberian Plateau,Yakutsk Basin,Arctic Lowland.

  8. Geography

  9. Geography • Climatic extremes: extremely cold or extremely dry. • Seven Climate types: • Tundra Climate: far north • Sub-Arctic climate: largest climatic region. • Humid Continental Climate: south of sub-arctic climate. • Steppe: transition from Humid Continental to deserts. • Desert Climate: Over 48 degrees Celsius possible. • Small areas of Mediterranean and Subtropical climates. (crimea,georgia)

  10. Climate/Vegetation

  11. EconomyRussian pipeline-network in Europe:

  12. Economy • Exports: 80% Timber ,Oil ,Gas,metals • Government to invest $1 trillion into infrastructure by 2020. • Russia ranks second most corrupt country in europe

  13. Economy

  14. Economy: Industrial Regions

  15. Economy • Railways: 85500km regular used tracks • Major sea ports: Rostov on Don, Novorossiysk, Astrakhan, Kaliningrad, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk • Russian Pipelines: • Only USA hasmore. • Connecting Russian far east, china and europe • Major Airports: Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo (Moscow), Pulkovo (St Petersburg) • Public Transport: • Well developed in cities • Buses, trams , underground metros

  16. Demographics • Vast majority of all Russians live to the west of the Urals and southwest Siberia. • Ethnic Russians comprise 81% of the country's population • Russia's population is large, its density is low because of the country's enormous size • 73% of the population lives in urban areas while 27% in rural ones

  17. Demographics • Population

  18. Demographics • Population distribution

  19. Demographics • Population Cartogram

  20. Demographics

  21. Demographics • Russia's 160 ethnic groups speak some 100 languages • 142.6 million people speak Russian • Russian is the only official state language • Russian is one of the six official languages of the UN (Arabic, Mandarin, English, French, Russian, Spanish)

  22. Demographics • Language

  23. Demographics • Realm

  24. Demographics

  25. Demographics

  26. Demographics

  27. Demographics • Russia’s traditional religions: Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Buddhism • The Russian Constitution guarantees free, universal health care for all citizens • Russia has a free education system guaranteed to all citizens by the Constitution

  28. Culture • There are over 160 different ethnic groups and indigenous peoples in Russia

  29. Culture

  30. Culture

  31. Culture • Official public holidays recognized by the Government of Russia • New Year holiday (1 January, 2–5 January) • Christmas (7 January, not 25 december) • Defender of the Fatherland Day (23 February) • International Women's Day (8 March) • National Flag Day (22 August) • Spring and Labour Day (1 May) • Victory Day (9 May) • Russia Day (June 12) • Unity Day (November 4)

  32. Tourism • Most popular tourist destinations in Russia: Moscow and Saint Petersburg • Museums: Tretyakov Gallery and Hermitage, • Theaters: Bolshoi and Mariinsky • Churches: Saint Basil's Cathedral, Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Church of the Savior on Blood • Fortifications: Moscow Kremlin and Peter and Paul Fortress, • Squares: Red Square and Palace Square • Streets: Tverskaya and Nevsky Prospect

  33. Tourism • 2013 World Athletics Championship • 2014 Winter Olympics • Russian inbound tourism will increase 28.3 millions till 2016 • Outbound has increased by 43% the first 6months of 2010 (1.6m Russians) • Largest increase since 2004 • Total leisure tourist:5.4millions • Total (including business travelers): 15.8millions

  34. Tourism • Travel and Tourism indicators Tourist arrivals to selected countries: Russian tourists travelling abroad:

  35. References • Geography : Realms, Regions, and Concepts by H. J. de Blij, Harm J. De Blij and Peter O. Muller (1999, Hardcover) • Hudman L, Jackson R, Geography of Travel and Tourism, Third Edition,Delmar Publishers 1998, Albany New york • http://www.google.de/imgres?q=geographic+realms+regions+and+concepts+regions+of+the+realm+russia&um=1&hl=de&tbo=d&tbm=isch&tbnid=Lb0GemWDRycIYM:&imgrefurl=http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geg101i/renata/russialecture.htm&docid=GibQSmebllM6pM&imgurl=http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geg101i/renata/russialecture_files/deblij5e_fig_02B_05sm.jpg&w=700&h=494&ei=diK6UPDVBcGdtQbj-oCIBw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=193&vpy=4&dur=9734&hovh=189&hovw=267&tx=188&ty=131&sig=107846288370118203720&page=2&tbnh=139&tbnw=196&start=16&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:35,s:0,i:194&biw=1105&bih=453 • http://beautifulplacestovisit.com/cities/st-petersburg-russia/ • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/g101ilec/russia/rud/rurealm/rurealfr.htm • http://www.kidport.com/reflib/worldgeography/russia/russia.htm • http://pub.unwto.org/WebRoot/Store/Shops/Infoshop/4990/4AF7/3D2D/BD50/DE89/C0A8/0164/BB2E/090209_russian_outbound_travel_market_excerpt.pdf • http://www.capemosaic.com/english/archives/531 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFK1G-2f5sI

  36. спасибо, До свидания!

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