Notes For Monday December 11
Sorry it's a little late, but I wasn't able to get the notes from Monday until now due to computer problems. Anyway on Monday we did a physical map of the Russian Domain highlighting important rivers, peninsulas, mountain ranges, and many land bodies. We went through a lot of notes, so here they are if you need them (they are a little bit shortened due to space)...–Russian Empire collapsed abruptly in 1917
•Briefly, a coalition of business people, workers, and peasants replaced tsars
•Soon, Bolsheviks led by Lenin, centralized power and introduced communism
–The Soviet Republics and Autonomous Areas
•Soviet leaders designed a geopolitical solution to maintain the country’s territorial boundaries, and theoretically acknowledged the rights of non-Russian citizens by creating Union Republics
•Autonomous areas
–Centralization and Expansion of the Soviet State
•Communism did not eliminate ethnic differences
•In 1930, Soviet leader Stalin centralized power in Moscow, limiting national autonomy
• Exclave added from Germany
•Glasnost: greater openness; Perestroika: economic restructuring
•1991: all 15 Union Republics gained independence
–Russia and the Former Soviet Republics
•Formed Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
•Denuclearization completed in 1990s; tactical nuclear weapons moved to Kaliningrad exclave
–The Shifting Global Setting
•Boundary issues between Russia and China, and dispute with Japan over Kuril Islands
•Expansion of NATO concerns Russian leaders
¬The Legacy of the Soviet Economy
•Communists came to power in 1917, Soviets expanded industrialization and transportation
•Trans-Siberian Railroad, canal system
•Literacy near 100%
¬The Post-Soviet Economy
•The region has replaced its communist system with a mix of state-run operations and private enterprise
•Agriculture still struggles, in part due to harsh climate, landforms
•Russia Interior Ministry estimates that the Russian mafia controls 40% of the private economy and 60% of the state-run enterprises; 80% of banks in Russia may be under mafia influence
•Money laundering (Russia, U.K., U.S.); gambling (Sri Lanka); drugs (Colombia); Israeli high tech companies
–Social Problems
•High unemployment, rising housing costs; lower welfare spending
•Divorce and domestic violence increasing; prostitution increasing
•Health care spending dropping with vaccine shortages and stress-related illnesses on the rise
¬Growing Economic Globalization
•Western consumer goods available (e.g., McDonald’s, Calvin Klein; even some luxury items)
•Fossil fuels, food, telecommunications, consumer goods
•Foreign investment growing by more than 14% annually
–Globalization and Russia’s Petroleum Economy
•Russia has 35% of the world’s natural gas reserves
•World’s largest gas exporter
–Local impacts of globalization
•Investment in Moscow, Siberia (oil)
•Pro-business Nizhny Novgorod and Samara attract investment
•Local economic declines in older, uncompetitive industrial areas
*Remember the Chapter 9 and Chapter 10 Test is next Tuesday December 19!
posted by Anonymous @ 12/13/2006 05:42:00 PM
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