Childrens Illustrated World Atlas

Anadyrskiy

Zaliv

Aral Sea

Laptev Sea

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Sea of Okhotsk (Okhotskoye More)

East Siberian Sea

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El’brus 18,510ft (5642m)

Gora Belukha 14,783ft (4506m)

Vulkan Klyucheyskaya Sopka 15,381ft (4688m)

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Revolyutsii
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Ostrov Kotel’nyy
Shantarskiye
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Ostrov
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Ostrov Iturup
Ostrov
Paramushir

North Cape

(Nordkapp)

Ostrov Bol’shoy Lyakhovskiy

Ostrov Sakhalin

Franz Josef

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Ostrov Novaya Sibir'

Ostrov Karaginskiy

Severnaya Zemlya

New Siberian

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Lake Lagoda

Lake Onega

Lake Balkhash

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Ozero Taymyr

Lake Baikal

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KAZAKHSTAN

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

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Central Siberian

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West

Siberian

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Zhanaozen

Nar’yan-Mar

Alga

Emba Chelkar

Aral’sk Novokazalinsk

Salekhard

Arys’

Khanty-Mansiysk

Shchuchinsk

Karatau Shu

Tekeli

Ayaguz

Igarka

Kyakhta

Mirnyy

Bodaybo

Olovyannaya

Olëkminsk

Ust’-Olenëk

Olenëk

Skovorodino Kuril’sk

Tiksi

Bikin

Khor

Susuman

Cherskiy

Ust’-Kamchatsk

Pevek

Fort-Shevchenko

Zhosaly

Atbasar

Dikson

Shar

Strelka

Zabaykal’sk

Suntar

Nyurba

Kazach’ye

Okhotsk

Atka

Mil’kovo

Atlasovo

Ambarchik

Ossora

(administered by Russian Federation, claimed by Japan)

Anadyr’

Tulun

Kandalaksha

Kotlas

Tobol’sk

Turkistan Kentau

Ishim

Saran’

Balkhash

Ridder Zyryanovsk

Tynda

Svobodnyy

Birobidzhan

Nyagan’

Talnakh

Neryungri

Ust’-Kut

Kyzyl Krasnokamensk

Nadym

Velikiy Novgorod

Pskov

Smolensk

Murmansk

Bryansk

Petrozavodsk

Tver’

Belgorod

Cherepovets

Sochi

Severodvinsk

Vologda

Vladimir

Arkhangel’sk

Tambov

Stavropol’

Kineshma

Nal’chik

Vladikavkaz Groznyy Makhachkala

Syktyvkar

Ural’sk

Glazov

Sterlitamak

Orsk

Magnitogorsk

Serov

Rudnyy

Kostanay

Vorkuta

Kyzylorda

Tyumen’

Zhezkazgan

Petropavlovsk

Kokshetau

Taraz

Temirtau

Nizhnevartovsk

Taldykorgan

Semey

Ust’-Kamenogorsk

Noril’sk

Abakan

Kansk Bratsk

Usol’ye-Sibirskoye Angarsk

Ulan-Ude

Chita

Blagoveshchensk

Yakutsk

Ussuriysk

Nakhodka

Komsomol’sk- na-Amure

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Magadan

Petropavlovsk- Kamchatskiy

Aktau

Atyrau Aktobe (Aktyubinsk)

Shymkent

Solikamsk

Kirov

Surgut

Ukhta

Ust’-Ilimsk

Pavlodar

Krasnodar

Saint Petersburg

(Sankt-Peterburg)

Tula

Voronezh

Ryazan’

Rostov-na-Donu

Yaroslavl’

Nizhniy Novgorod

Volgograd

Penza

Saratov

Astrakhan’

Ul’yanovsk

Kazan’

Tol’yatti Samara

Naberezhnyye Chelny

Izhevsk

Orenburg

Ufa

Perm’

Yekaterinburg

Chelyabinsk

Karagandy

Omsk

Novosibirsk

Barnaul

Tomsk

Kemerovo

Novokuznetsk

Krasnoyarsk

Irkutsk

Vladivostok

Khabarovsk

Almaty

(Alma-Ata)

MOSCOW

(MOSKVA)

ASTANA

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The russian federation is the biggest country in the world, almost

twice as big as either the US or China. It extends halfway around the

world, crosses two continents, and spans 11 time zones. The vast region

of Siberia alone is larger than Canada. Kazakhstan lies to its south

and is a large but sparsely populated country. From 1917 to 1991,

both countries were part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

(USSR), the world’s first communist state. When the USSR

collapsed, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the 13 other

member republics gained independence. Today,

Russia and Kazakhstan are both ruled by

elected presidents. Both countries have

a lot of fertile land, huge mineral deposits,

and many other natural resources.

However, Russia still has a very low

life expectancy rate compared to

other industrialized countries.

Lake Baikal is up to

6,365 ft (1,940 m)

deep and contains

more than 20 percent

of the world’s

freshwater supply.

Kazakh man

hunting with

a trained golden

eagle

KAZAKH CULTURE

The majority of people in

Kazakhstan are Kazakh

Muslims. They were once

a nomadic people who

traveled around on

horseback, herding

their sheep.

Although about

half of the Kazakhs

live in rural areas,

retaining a strong

loyalty to their clans

and families, the city

of Almaty and the new,

modern capital of Astana

are growing quickly, due

to wealth generated

by oil and gas.

Coal miners in Siberia

NATURAL WEALTH

Siberia contains around a quarter of the

world’s natural gas reserves and has vast

deposits of oil, as well as abundant minerals

such as coal and precious metals including

gold. However, many of these resources are

inaccessible or in remote places, and the extreme

winters make it difficult to extract them.

Russia and Kazakhstan

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