Russia, in many measures the poorest nation in Europe at the time of the Bolshevik Revolution, now industrialized at a phenomenal rate, far surpassing Germany's pace of industrialization in the 19th century and Japan's earlier in the 20th century.
NASA Earth Observatory. acquired April 8, 2009 download large image (599 KB, JPEG, 1440x960). The 3,776-meter-high (12,388 feet) Mount Fuji Volcano, located on the island of Honshu in Japan, is one of the worldâs classic examples of a stratovolcano.ount Fuji, or Fuji-san in Japanese, is actually comprised of several overlapping volcanoes that began erupting in the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million to approximately 10,000 years ago).
Unzen Volcano is one of the most famous active volcanoes in Japan. The volcano is located in the northwestern Kyushu Island, Japan and is also sitting near the big city named Shimabara. In November, 1989, scientists observed the first volcanic earthquakes and found the first eruption on February 12, 1990.t. Fuji has the highest elevation in Japan, and is considered as a symbol of spaciousness, apotheosis, and dynamism. There are some scars of the eruptions on the surface of Mt. Fuji.