GEOG 254 - Geography of Russia, Central Eurasia, and Eastern Europe

Class Hours: 3
Lab/Discussion: 01
Credits: 3

Examines the Russian Federation, former Soviet satellites, and the European and Asiatic successor states. The region is the realm of Eurasian languages, historical schisms between eastern and western Europe, and the geographical legacies of the Tsarist and Soviet empires. Topics include terrain and environment, population, economic regions, resources, and geopolitics. These are studied in the context of environmental location and position between Eastern and Western power centers of the 21st century.

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