Post-Soviet Russia & Central Asia
The transition from communism to a market economy and the geographic vastness of the Russian Federation.
Key Questions
- 1How does Russia's lack of warm-water ports influence its foreign policy?
- 2What challenges does a nation face when it covers eleven time zones?
- 3How did the collapse of the Soviet Union change the map of Central Asia?
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