About Russia

Source A:

Map showing people and centres for exiles in Russia in 19th century

Map showing soil and climate
Tundra = frozen desert country; Tayga = forests

Source B:

Some facts on Russia

Geography Russian occupied 1/6th of the earth's land surface it occupied 1/2 of Europe and 1/3 of Asia it had frontiers with twelve countries it was washed by twelve seas from three oceans Southern Russia is sub-tropical Northern Russia is within the Arctic Circle: 1/3 of the land is permanently frozen.

People total population 1897 - approximately 110 million three quarters of the population was Slavic the remaining quarter belonged to 180 different nationalities 125 languages were spoken 40 religions were practised - the main religion was Orthodox Christianity

Exercise 1a: Use Sources A and B to work out a True/False quiz Exercise 1b: Rewrite the False statements in Exercise 1a so that they are True. Exercise 1c: Use the information in Sources A and B to write one paragraph to explain why Russia would be a difficult country to govern.

Source C:

Social structure of Russia 1900 Make a pie chart to graphically represent the social makeup of Russian in 1800: The nobles: 1.1% The priests: 1.1% The officials: 3.7% The military: 5.0% The merchants: 0.5% Urban Workers: 3.7% Serfs: 84.9%

Exercise 1d:
	Use Source C to make a pie chart to represent the social make up of Russian society in 1800.
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