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Cross Curriculum
Project-Based Learning
IS RUSSIA A
POWERFUL AND
MODERN NATION
Group Leader: Yeung Ho Yin (22)
Group Members: Chan Ngai Kiu (4)
Ho Chun Kit (10)
Sze Ho Nam (16)
Mok Hoi Man (28)
Wu Oi Sze (34)
CONTENT
1)Introduction
 2)Interviews I
 3)Interviews II
 3)Geographical features
 4)Climate
 5)History
 6)Political
 7)Administrative divisions
 8) Military
 9)Economic
 10)Comparison
 11)Conclusion
 12)References

INTRODUCTION
 Reason
Russia is a famous country because of its military
and economic successes. It is still progressing in
the recent years. However, most of the secondary
students do not understand Russia in detail
when we interviewed them.
 Aim
Therefore, we are going to introduce and analyze
Russia in all aspects. Then conclude whether
Russia is a powerful country or not.
INTERVIEW

Do you think Russia is a powerful nation?
INTERVIEW

What condition should a great nation have?
GEOGRAPHICAL
FEATURES
 Eastern
Europe
 Northern Asia
 The largest country
 17,056,400 km²
 Longitudes: 19°E,169°W
 Latitudes: 41°,82°
CLIMATE
Month Jan
Mar
May
Jul
Sep
Nov
Year
Record 22.1
high(℃)
30.3
37.7
45.4
41.5
29.1
45.4
Record -71.2
Low(℃)
-60.6
-28.9
-9.3
-25.3
-58.5
-71.2
Hottest month: July (45.4℃)
Coolest month: January (-71.2℃)
HISTORY
1980s
→ the Soviet Union carried out reforms.
1991
→ The Soviet Union disintegrated
24th
August 1991
→ Russia seperated from the Soviet Union.
Russian Federation was established
became a sovereign state.
POLITICAL
Separation of powers
Federal government → Legislative
→ Judicial
→ Administrative
 Legislative: Bicameral Federal Assembly
Judicial: Constitutional Court

Supreme Court of Arbitration
lower federal courts
Administrative: 15 ministries

President was directly elected by people every 6
years
DIVISIONS
Divided
into 8 federal districts
consists of 81 administrative districts
2 federal municipalities
21 republic
46 states
1 autonomous prefecture 4 autonomous regions 9 frontiers
MILITARY
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

May 7, 1992
The Russian military was established.
Compose of
Army, Navy, Air Force, air defense forces,
strategic rocket forces, space forces and airborne
military.
The number of nuclear bullets is 4732
ECONOMIC
Since 1991 (The collapse of the Soviet Union), Economic↓
∵Rapid liberalization reforms (Fail)
∵Second oil crisis
∵Financial crisis
 Enormous natural resources (80%)
--Oil
--Natural gas
--Metals
--Timber
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COMPARISON
VS
Russia
Germany
Russia
Germany
Total area
17,075,400 km2
357,021 km2
Population density
8.3/km2
229people/km2
Military
reach to a peak
during Soviet-era
and become the
world's best army
Purely defensive
military
has the ninth-highest
expenditure in the
world
Political
Federation and semi- a federal,
presidential republic parliamentary,
representative
democracy republic
Russia
Germany
Economic
the 10th largest
economy in the
world
the fifth largest
economy in the
world
Education
a free education is carry out a
given to all
system ‘dual
citizens
education’
GDP
$16,736/capital
city
Geographical
features
extending from
Central Europe,
Europe to the North between the
Pacific Ocean
Netherlands and
Poland
$37,896/capital
city
CONCLUSION
Military
is excellent
Economic will progress
Political is well planned
Powerful
REFERENCES

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
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Google translate
http://translate.google.com/
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Yahoo photo
http://hk.image.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A8tUwJmu
8bBPX1cAT4e0ygt.?p=russia&ei=utf-8&iscqry=&fr=sfp
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