russia’s people and culture chapter 15 section 2
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RUSSIA’S PEOPLE AND CULTURE
CHAPTER 15 SECTION 2
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POLITICS IN RUSSIAUNDER THE SOVIET UNION• COMMUNIST ECONOMY
– Government controls supply, distribution, and “development.”
– All equal salaries, No competition.
• TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT– No freedom of speech, thought,
travel, economy, property, religion, press, etc.
NOW IN RUSSIA• CAPITALIST ECONOMY
– The laws of supply and demand, competition, and self interest controls the economy.
– You control whether you are rich or poor.
• DEMOCRATIC FEDERAL REPUBLIC.– Power is shared between national
and state government with parliament, prime minister and president.
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Ethnic Groups• Majority Group: 80% Slavs• Minority Groups: Ukraineans, Belorussians,
Chechens, Uegar, Kazaks, Uzbekis, Mongolians, and Tartars.
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Daily LifeUrban Life
• “Modern” apartment buildings, wide streets.
• Cramped, crowded, dirty floors.• Heating/Cooling??????• Mom works.• Babuska cooks, cleans, shops
for the family.• Richer people now live in new
suburbs.
Rural Life• Most home are dashas and
are made of wood, and usually old.
• No plumbing.• No cooling.• Family works land.• Education is limited in rural
areas especially in Siberia.
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Religion in RussiaUNDER THE SOVIET UNION
• No Religious literature allowed! (i.e. Bibles, Torahs, Korans, etc.)
• Followers practiced in secret alone.
• Cathedrals were only “Tourist” attractions.
• All good communists are Atheists.
NOW IN RUSSIA• 70% Russian Orthodox• Protestant, Catholic, Muslim,
Jewish, and even Buddhism are practiced.
• 1 million Jews live in Russia.– 3rd highest population in the
world. – Number 1 is NYC, Number 2 is
Israel.
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Celebrations, Food and Sports• New Years, May Day honors workers.• Borscht, shci soup, piroshky, cavier.• Big into Olympic Sports especially Winter Sports.
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Cultural Traditions• Shazki = Storytelling.• Ballet = The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky.• Great Poetry, and Novels. (War and Peace)• Faberge Eggs!
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The Republics of the Caucasus• Includes Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan.• Mild climates, or dry steppe climate.• The republics became independent in 1991.• 94% of Armenians belong to the Armenian
Orthodox Church.