Russia

=**Russia Home**=


 * Home Page || Geography || Culture || Questions || Classroom Activities || Teacher's Page ||

Introduction of Russia
Russia was founded in the 12th century, and gradually conquered surrounding areas. In the early 17th century, Russia continued expansion across Siberia to the Pacific, and during the 19th century gained more territory in Europe and Asia. Since the fall of the Soviet power, Russia has shifted from their democratic ambitions, and is now in favor of a centralized semi-authoritarian state. Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area, and is uniquely located mostly in Asia, but also falls between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean. (Russia, CIA factbook, 2011)

Russia is a very interesting country in several ways. The main thing that first drew me to Russia is that I have a little Russian in me and I knew many people who do. This will always interest people to further look at where they might be from. This country is also very large and well know in name, but not much else. I believe it is a very important country to learn more about and that is why I wanted to make a site accessible to all of my students on this topic. Russia is also a very interesting country in that it is not only located in Eastern Europe, but mostly located in Asia as well.

Included on this page is an image of the Russian flag and a video of the Russian National Anthem.



media type="youtube" key="kMZfXN1UOpw" height="315" width="420" align="center"