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GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAGEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAAND EASTERN EUROPEAND EASTERN EUROPE
Geography 308Geography 308Professor Zoltán GrossmanProfessor Zoltán Grossman
OfficeOffice: Phillips 258: Phillips 258HoursHours: 10:00-10:50 MWF: 10:00-10:50 MWF
PhonePhone: 836-4471: 836-4471E-mailE-mail: [email protected]: [email protected]
WebWeb: www.uwec.edu/grossmzc: www.uwec.edu/grossmzc
Geography is about “place”
Physical (natural)
HumanEconomicCultural/ethnicPopulationPoliticalUrban/rural
Nature-human interactionEnvironmentalRegional
Changes in Europe, 1990-93
Geographical implications
•End of Cold War stand-off
•Transition from State Socialism to Capitalism
•Some states break up along ethnic lines
•Decolonization of Russian Empire after four centuries
Northeastern Europe
•Poland•Ex-GDR (East Germany)•Czech Republic•Slovakia•Hungary
Baltic States:•Estonia•Latvia•Lithuania
Southeastern Europe (“Balkans”)
•Romania•Bulgaria•Albania
Former Yugoslavia: •Slovenia•Croatia•Bosnia & Hercegovina•Macedonia•Serbia & Montenegro
(Yugoslavia until 2003; includes Kosovo)
Russian/Soviet “Heartland”
European Russia•Southern Russia
Including Chechnya
•Eastern Russia (Siberia)
•Ukraine•Belarus•Moldova•Mongolia
MONGOLIA
Caucasus and Central AsiaTranscaucasia:
•Georgia•Armenia•Azerbaijan
Central Asia:•Kazakstan•Kyrgyzstan•Uzbekistan•Turkmenistan•Tajikistan
My Homies: The Magyars (Hungarians)
Zoltán
“Zoltan Hound of Dracula”
Zoltarin “Big”
Zoltan, ImperialCommander of the Space Nerds
Hungarian for “Sultan”(from the Ottoman Turkish
occupation of Hungary, 1526-1686)
(Hungarians have lost every war since then.)
Poltar, Slovakia Kondorfa, Hungary
Mom’s Hungarian Relies