Russia - A Walk Through History by Aria https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history Report by Aria Gingerich en-us 2016-10-11 17:06:57 UTC 2018-05-12 00:14:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Optimplaces.png aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130172288 2016-10-12 15:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130172288 Fun Facts aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130200885  Russia is the largest country in the world.  It:
  • Spans 9 time zones - Russia used to have 11 time zones but cut it down to 9 in 2010.
  • Has coasts on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans.
  • Occupies one-tenth of all the land on Earth.
  • Shares international borders with 16 sovereign states, including two with maritime boundaries (USA, Japan).
  • Many of these countries are commonly thought to be in the Asian continent (including China & North Korea), and others considered to be in the European continent (Norway & Finland).

  • Has a larger surface area than Pluto - Russia has a surface area of 17 million km2, compared with 16.6 million km2 for Pluto.
]]> 2016-10-12 16:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130200885 Absolute Location aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130486613 Russia's absolute location is 61° N, 105° E. If we were to be exactly in the middle, it would be 61.5240° N, 105.3188°E.]]> 2016-10-13 15:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130486613 aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130508921 2016-10-13 16:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/130508921 Relative Location aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/131976471 Russia's relative location:
- In Northern Asia]]> 2016-10-20 04:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/131976471 aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132052548 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________]]> 2016-10-20 13:16:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132052548 Major Regions aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132060516 The Russian area of the world can be slit up into 9 regions: the Central European Region, the North and Northwest European Region, the Volga Region, the North Caucasus, the Ural Region, Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Northern and Northwestern Siberia, and the Russian Far East.]]> 2016-10-20 13:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132060516 > Central European Region aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132063279 Climate - oceanic/continental; distinct wet/dry seasons
Culture - Central European culture is a part of both Western and specific European culture normally to geographical, cultural and political region of Central Europe. Central European culture may refer to Central European cuisine, cuisine typical to Central Europe.
Language(s) -  Languages taught as the first language in Central Europe are Croatian, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Romansh, Slovak and Slovenian.
Religion(s) - Central European countries are mostly Roman Catholic (Austria, Croatia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) or mixed Catholic and Protestant, (Germany, Hungary and Switzerland).
Time Zone - CET 
(Central European Time)]]> 2016-10-20 13:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132063279 > North/Northwest European Region aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132090710 Climate -  subarctic like Alaska. The short summers are cool with long, snowy, cold winters.  The Mediterranean climate consists of mild winters and hot summers.
Culture - They use the internet in general for business and social networking sites. A main language is English communication.
Language(s) - English, Danish, Dutch, English, German, and Swedish
Religion(s) - 90% of the major countries are Christians.
Time Zone - N/A]]> 2016-10-20 14:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132090710 > Volga Region aria437 https://padlet.com/aria437/russian_history/wish/132112945 Climate - warm summers, cold winters
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+ HistoryToday
+  World Weather Online
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