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Russia

Let’s Learn About Russia

Where is Russia?

Map of Russia

www.flags.net/RUSS.htm

One Russian symbol is the Russian national flag. This flag has three wide stripes on it. The stripes are white, blue and red. The upper stripe is white, the middle stripe is blue and the red stripe is at the bottom.

These colours have always been symbolic in Russia: white – noble and sincere, blue – honest and devoted – devoted to friends, family and to the country. The red colour has always meant love and bravery.

Facts About Russia

• It is the biggest country in the world. Russia is situated on two continents: Europe and Asia .
• The capital of Russia is Moscow.
• The population of Russia is 149,476,000.
• The money used is the ruble.
• The language spoken is Russian.

The capital of Russia - Moscow

Russia's largest cities: Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy Novgorod, and others.

Let’s visit some important cities in Russia.

Moscow

www.galenfrysinger.com

St. Petersburg

www.galenfrysinger.com

Irkutsk, in Siberia

www.galenfrysinger.com

Famous Palaces (click on the names to find out more)

• Pushkin- Catherine’s Palace
• Go to this website to see more photos - www.pbase.com/hiker_photograph/catherines_palac

• Peterhof
• Go to this website to see interactive panoramas of the entire palace- www.peterhof.org/english/pano/

www.pbase.com/hiker_photograph/image/48246979

www.euratlas.com/Atlas/ russia/peterhof_palace.jpg

Russia is famous for…

• The Brown Bear
• Russian Teacakes
• Baba Yaga
• Russian Nesting Dolls

What Russian Kids Do

Russian children love

ice skating,

sledding and

playing ice hockey in the winter

and swimming and boating

in the summer.

What Russians Like to Eat

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Kartoshnik-with-Cheese-and-Onions/Detail.aspx

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Borscht-I/Detail.aspx

Go to these websites for some Russian recipes:

• www.world-recipes.info/russia-russian/
• http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=Russia

Some Famous Russians

• Yuri Gagarin - first man in space
• Mikhail Gorbachev - leader of the Soviet Union who made the country more free and democratic
• Anna Pavlova - world-famous ballerina
• Peter Tchaikovsky - a composer who wrote the music for The Nutcracker

Summer temperatures in Russia from +1 to +40, and in winter from -1 to -50 degrees.

Seas and oceans wash Russia in the north, south, east and west. The Black Sea is in the South; the Baltic Sea is in the West

The Volga river is the longest river in Europe. It flows into the Caspian Sea.

There are many beautiful old towns – both big and small – on its banks. Practically all of them are interesting places, famous for their history.

The plant and animal worlds of my country are also very rich .There are a lot of different animals, birds and plants in our forests, fields and mountains .