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The Russian Federation is the largest

country in the world with 17,075,400
RUSSIAN km2
Capital: Moscow
Main cities:
San Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod,
Novosibirsk, Ekaterimburgo, Samara,
Lake Baikal
Omsk
Climate: In the summer it is up until up Curiosities about the country
to 30 degree, although winter are
extremely cold to -71,2 centigrade. 1. Meat with jelly: one of most
popular dishes is the “holodets”
In Russia is the coldest inhabited place o “aspic” (meat, egg other
on the planet: Village of Oimiakón. ingredients suspended in salty
The 20 % of the world’s jelly).
forested areas are in Russia. In
addition Russia has the deepest 2. The most popular drink is the
lake in the world, Lake Baikal. tea. All Russian drink tea at
home, in the office, in a
cafeteria and on the train.

3. Only Mc Donald’s Moscow, try

ordering a few MCshimps
(breaded shrimp).
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4. When you visit a Russian house
it is customary to bring a gift. If
you give flowers you should
always be an odd number, 3, 5,
and 7. The even number are for
funerals.
8. The Russian have a strange
superstition “If you whistle
inside the house, then all
money will go out window”,
they say.
9. The celebration of the New
Year is much more popular than
Christmas. If in fact, gifts are
exchange on New Year Eve, and
not Christmas.
11. Sweepers for day: The
“subótnik” (a word that comes
from “subbota” which means
Saturday in Russian) is a Soviet
tradition of carrying out unpaid
voluntary work such as cleaning
garbage streets or plan trees.

10. Matrioska: The very popular

5. When you enter a Russian
house you must take off your
shoes and use slippers.
6. The Russian only smile at
friends.
dolls, manufacturing by hand.
12. The Moscow metro is one of
They are hollow and inside
most beautiful places in the
house a new doll, and this turn
word and one of the most
to another.
comfortable, because at peak
times, its trains circulate with
intervals of just one minute.

7. The millenaries buy ambulance

to avoid traffic.