Russia and Its Neighbors
Essay of a compulsory (4 pts) and two chosen (3 pts each) questions (12, or more pages) should be written in 12-font, double-spaced paper with 1″ margins on both sides, and turned in to the class on April 28, 2015
Compulsory question
You should write a comparative analysis of regional features of contemporary economy in:
(1) Moscow Region
(2) Western Siberia
(3) Ukraine
(4) Armenia
(5) Kazakhstan
Choose questions (two)from the following list:
(1) What are the causes and consequences of environmental degradation in the former communist
states of Eastern Europe
Analyze the contemporary social and economic conditions and environmental problems in:
(2) Estonia
(3) Latvia
(4) Lithuania
(5) Belarus
(6) Moldova
(7) Analyze contemporary social and economic conditions and environmental problems in
Moscow City
Analyze contemporary social and economic conditions and environmental problems in:
(8) Armenia
(9) Chechen Republic
(10) What are the current US interests in the Region of Caucasus?
(11) Characterize geographic features and environmental problems in the Volga River basin
Analyze contemporary social and economic conditions and environmental problems in:
(12) Uzbekistan
(13) Turkmenistan
(14) Kyrgyzstan
(15) Tajikistan
(16) Analyze the environmental devastation and social catastrophe in the Aral Sea basin
(17) Characterize the major features of the environment, and contemporary economic and
social conditions in the Russian Arctic
(18) Why has the Baikal Lake Watershed been deserved the status of the World Heritage
Area?
(19) Characterize contemporary Russia-Ukraine relations
(20) Characterize contemporary Russia-Georgia relations
