Russia's Natural Resources: Yekaterinberg to Novosibirsk to Krasnoyarsk

Year 6 Geography - Russia Lesson 8 RUSSIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES: YEKATERINBERG TO NOVOSIBIRSK TO KRASNOYARSK Quiz

1. What was the name of the hereditary rules of 3. Name three great Russian writers Russia? i) ______Kings and queens ______Tsars and Tsarinas ii) Emperors and empresses iii) ______2. Who led the Russian Revolution?

Romanov Lenin Stalin

GLOSSARY

Exile the condition of being sent away from one's homeplace and not allowed to return as a punishment.

Execution killing

Abundant full of

Export to send to another country to sell

Import to buy from another country

Part two: Yekaterinburg

The Trans-Siberian Railway Journey

CHURCH ON THE BLOOD Yekaterinburg

SEVASTYANOV’S HOUSE

The next leg of our journey starts at Yekaterinburg, one of the biggest cities in the Ural region and the site of first the exile and then the execution of Nicholas II and the Romanovs in 1918.

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______Think back to lesson 3. Who were the Romanovs? Why were they executed?

______Yekaterinburg plays an important part in Russian history because ______

______Why might tourists want to visit? What kind of people would be interested?

______Tourists, particularly ______, flock to the site in order to ______

Part three: Russia’s natural resources In addition to its historical importance, Yekaterinburg Why do fossil fuels make Russia powerful? and the Ural region more generally play a vital role in the Russian economy. For this part of Russia Fossil fuels are unevenly distributed: most countries do is abundant with valuable natural resources: gold, not have their own supplied of oil and gas. This scarcity diamonds, emeralds and, most significantly, oil. gives Russia even greater influence.

Many countries in Europe are dependent on Russian oil to fuel their industry, homes and cars. Russia also has enormous supplies of natural gas and is the world’s number one exporter. Fuel sales provide Russia with wealth and influence, helping to make it a global superpower.

What are fossil fuels? Why are they important?

Oil and natural gas are fossil fuels that have formed from plant remains over hundreds of millions of years. Unlike other natural resources such as air and water, Tell your partner: fossil fuels are non-renewable meaning we cannot make new supplies. Once we have depleted the world's Fossil fuels are important because.... reserves, they will be gone. This is one of the reasons that countries are investing in other forms of energy, They make Russia powerful because... such as nuclear, wind and tidal power. Page 13 © 2021 Charles Dickens Primary School © Moscow Times Year 6 Geography - Russia Lesson 83

Look at the table of countries which import oil and gas from Russia. Draw arrows from Russia to these countries to show the export patterns. The greater the quantity of fuel imported, the darker your arrow should be coloured. This is called a chloropleth map*.

Imports of natural gas from Russia as a percentage of total imports of natural gas (2012) Austria 71 Bulgaria 100 Czech Republic 100 Estonia 100 Finland 100 France 16 Germany 36 Greece 60 Hungary 44 Italy 28 Latvia 100 Lithuania 100 Netherlands 11 Poland 80 Romania 86 Slovakia 99 Slovenia 28 Ukraine 100

Data sources: RGS

* What is a Choropleth map? Choropleth maps show information as different shades of a colour. The maps are shaded in using one colour, where the darker shades represent high numbers and the lighter shades represent low numbers. A choropleth map needs a key to explain what the different shades mean. Page 14 © 2021 Charles Dickens Primary School Year 6 Geography - Russia

66% of gas consumed in the European Union passes through Ukraine first. Recently, Russia annexed (seized) a part of Ukraine. Why did foreign governments have difficulty deciding how to react to Russia’s annexation of part of Ukraine?