1. Last Time: Mentioned Laramie Treaty/Taking of the Black Hills
   1. Sochi, S. Ossetia and Abkhaiza
      1. "Olympic law" redevelopment (compare with eminent domain)
      2. Environmental Issues
         1. Olympic Infrastructure in Krasnaya Polyana mountain range- ecological concerns for bobsled and luge tracks
         2. UNESCO world hertiage site "caucauses state biosphere reserve"
         3. To power the olympics, a hydro-electric dam will be built on the Mzymty river
      3. Surrounding Area's Poverty
2. Trans-Siberian Railroad
   1. Geopolitics and Globalization
      1. Russian Environmental Damage
         1. instead of the dots, the clanging
            1. 1
            2. chernobyl
            3. 2
            4. eh
            5. 3
            6. safe
         2. oh yeah it's fucking winter!
         3. These towns are horribly disfigured by environmental disasters
      2. Russian Alcoholism
         1. Fish and Beer and Subzero Temperatures
      3. Culture
         1. Romance
         2. Writers
         3. History
         4. Poetry
   2. Travel and Tourism
   3. Basics
      1. Connects Moscow to Vladivostok
      2. Completed around 1904, over 5,700 miles wide
         1. wider than continental US
      3. Absolutely GLOBALIZATION in it's purest form
         1. connecting Europe and Asia overland
         2. Containerization makes the TSR more important
      4. Moscow and St. Petersburg switched back and forth as the capital
         1. Moscow - TSARs
         2. St. Petersburg becomes capital of Rus. Empire
            1. 18th century
         3. Moscow - USSR
            1. 1917
      5. Vladivostok was taken from the Chinese in 1858
         1. USSR naval base, closed to the west
         2. now, major shipping port, open for all
   4. Trans-Siberian Railroad
      1. Self-imposed exile
      2. Dear Gena, it's the psycho.
         1. book me on the TSR
      3. Fifth trip to Russia
         1. Russian women
            1. footballer calfs
            2. abundant facial hair
            3. they are busy and dont know english
      4. Last possible train platform in Moscow station
         1. "have a good journey"
         2. dirty look woman
            1. shoving him down the hall
            2. fast movement
         3. Bedroom
            1. shelves
            2. window
            3. two little beds
            4. netting
         4. Russian food?
            1. water
            2. food
            3. he brought it!
         5. the people's carpet
         6. Jet lag
      5. Cancerous Beach-ball of air
         1. Macho, nope
         2. Just Russians
      6. Finishes the trip
         1. took a week ride
         2. "get the fuck off my train"
         3. fuck you speak english?
            1. I fucked with you