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Lake Baikal - -largest and deepest lake in world -UNESCO world heritage site -Located in Siberia -Soviet Union wrecked its waters through pollution -Now under regulations to improve water quality Amur Leopard Park - -land of the leopard national park -Protects amur leopard from extinction -Located in Siberia Why is the population of Russia concentrated in the west? - -resources are concentrated in the west -Climate is calmer in the west -Agriculture is possible -Government policies under Soviet Union to migrate people to Siberia were abandoned after the fall of the Soviet Union Why does alcoholism sky rocket after the fall of the Soviet Union? - -economic health decline -High rates of unemployment -Decline in funding for social services -Increased crime rates -Sense of despair -Huge cause of death for men before 55 years old (1/4) -Violence is a component Russification - -migration of Russians out of Russia -Started by Soviet Union -Most have returned to Russia now -Ethnic control -Ukraine is 90% Russian in some areas -Religious differences linked with ethnic and language differences (reason this region is unstable) Where did the kingdom of Rus begin? - -modern day Ukraine Russian identity evolution - -kievan rus (modern day Ukraine) -Vikings in the middle ages (blond hair and blue eyes) -Byzantine influences in architecture and religion -Tartars influenced from caucus/central Asia