1.++Present+Day

==__//Even **Present Day is Always Tougher in Russia **//__== ==//﻿ //__//By Magdalena,Jason,and Jennifer //__==

__//(Period 1) //__


It is a very large country that has many disadvantages and advantages. Today Russia is a great place to visit; it is the home of many Russians.

Russia is still recovering from it's brutal past and old communist state. But did Russia make the right descions? In there old communist state everyone had jobs. Now switching to a free enterprise Russians are unemployed and suffering poverty. Luckily, the goverment provides them food.

Present day Russia has a good amount of enviromental issues, as does their past. When they still had a communitst goverment, little did they care about the enviroment. They had factories that blew tons of dirty smoke in the air. This results as air pollution. Now they use use nuclear power plants, but they leave very dangerous by-products. To top this all, Russia is definately becoming less and less healthy. The polluted air is making problems with the lungs increase, cancer, and lung diseases. Due to this the life expectancy is decreasing in Russia. Russia is known to be home of many different ethnic groups. One of them Chechen. They have fought the Chechens in order to keep them part of Russia.

Even though it has some disadvantages, there are also enjoyable things there like amazing food that is inexpensive. The food in Russia is delicious, there is crab meat salad, squid salad, and a large veriety of pies. One of the best things about it is that they have a more likely chance of winning a war. Because of the cold weather that they have they can "freeze" their enemies and force them to retreat, thus winning a war. A great advantage that Russia has is that it has better access to the places around it because of its size, making trade a lot better.

**Here are some photos of present day Russia:**