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).
Mount Fuji (å¯å£«å±±, Fujisan, IPA: [É¸É¯áµêdÊisaÉ´] (listen)) , located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707â08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day.ther Japanese names for Mount Fuji, which have become obsolete or poetic, include Fuji-no-Yama (ãµãã®å±±, lit. the Mountain of Fuji) , Fuji-no-Takane (ãµãã®é«å¶º, lit. the High Peak of Fuji) , FuyÅ-hÅ (èèå³°, lit. the Lotus Peak) , and Fugaku (å¯å²³ï¼å¯å¶½, created by combining the first character of å¯å£«, Fuji, and å²³, mountain) .