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Russia
•It is the biggest country in the entire world and it is twice the size of the united states.
•Located in Asia and Europe.
•Capital is Moscow.
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Russian Flag
• Red stands for love and courage.
• White stands for nobility.
• Blue stands for honesty.• Russians have only had their national
anthem for 9 years.
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Lakes and Rivers
• The 4 largest rivers in Russia are Lena, Ob, Volga, and Yenisei.
• They are 4 of the largest rivers in the world as well.
• The deepest fresh water lake in Russia is Baikal.
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Land Environment• The lower Ural mountains in Russia divide
it from the Asian and the European regions.
• Winters are as long as from November to march except in Siberia where the winters can be as long as nine months.
• Urban apartments are not as big as regular homes but they are very good for a family of three or less.
• You can find a lot of oil, natural gas, coal, diamonds and precious metals.
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Holidays
• New Year’s day is the most popular in this country.
• Except Christmas is on January 7th instead of December 25th.
• Victory Day is on May 9th that celebrates the end of world war 2!
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Education
• Education is optional for students between ages 6-17.
• Russia has 33 Cyrillic letters that sound similar to America’s alphabet.
• Some of the students in America are studying foreign languages like English, French, German, and Spanish.
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Sports
• Russia has many sports but Hockey is the main sport or most popular.
• You might know a very good NHL player in hockey, his name is Alex Ovechkin.
• They can’t do many sports because of their long winters.
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Disease• Russia has very good well trained doctors
but sometimes the doctors don’t have the tools to save the people who are sick or injured.
• Cancer is the most popular disease in Russia, especially lung disease because there are a lot of smokers
• Medical is free but not as good as America’s
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Marriage and living
• People in Russia can only marry in a wedding palace.
• In Russia the divorce rate is very high!
• Every 11 years there are approximately 1000 babies are born.
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Famous people
• In 1972-1725 peter the great was the emperor of Russia.
• The national anthem in Russia was by Alexander Alexzandrov in 1944 and was adopted by the Russians in 2001.
• Kavalchuk a left winger from New Jersey Devils.
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Transportation
• Russia has cars and they have grown a lot since the 1980’s.
• People usually use public transportation but taxis are very expensive in Russia.
• They don’t use bikes a lot because of their long winters.
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