Russia Braeden Horne Green United Clever Clovers (McHenry) General Projects/Intercultural/SF50233/Passport to the World 14 years old Geography Tourist Attractions Currency Size: 6,602,000 square miles ● 50 (banknotes) Climate: Cool, warm summers and ● State Hermitage very cold winters (-30 degrees Museum ● 100 (banknotes) Celsius) with heavy snowfall. ● Red Square ● 200 (banknotes) ● Peterhof ● 1,000 (banknotes) Major Cities: St. Petersburg, ● The Moscow ● 2,000 (banknotes) Kremlin Samara, Novosibirsk, Nizhny ● 5,000 (banknotes) ● Winter Palace Novgorod ● ● St. Basil 10 (kopecks coin) Cathedral ● 50 (kopecks coin) Major Rivers: Volga River, Ob River, ● 1 (ruble coin) Yenisei River, Lena River ● 5 (ruble coin) ● 10(ruble coin) Other Geographical Features: Ural Mountains, Lake Baikal, Chara Sands, Lake Lodoga Geography (continued) Manufacturing Natural Resources ● Oil ● Ships ● Coal ● Transmitting ● Natural gas Consumer Goods equipment ● Raw materials ● Tanks ● Electric power Agriculture generating ● Grain ● Machine tools ● Sown grasses ● Jet fighters ● Clovers ● Consumer durables ● Root crops ● Instruments ● Sunflowers ● Rockets ● Corn ● Sugarbeets Root Crops Flag Nobility, Frankness Faithfulness, Honesty, Impeccability, Chastity Courage, Generosity, Love People Population: 144,500,000 Racial Ethnic Groups Languages Religions ● Russians-81% ● Russian-81% ● Russian Orthodox-53.1% ● Tatars-3.9% ● Tatar-3% ● Non-Religious-27% ● Ukrainians-1.4% ● Ukrainian-1% ● Muslim-8.2% ● Bashkirs-1.2% ● Chuvash-1% ● Atheist-5% ● Chuvash-1.1% ● Bashir-1% ● Other Christian-2.5% ● Chechen-1% ● Mordvin-1% ● Roman Catholic-1% ● Armenian-1% ● Ukrainian Orthodox-0.9% ● Protestant-0.9% ● Traditional Beliefs-0.8% ● Jewish-0.6% Holidays ● New Years Day (January 1st) ● Orthodox Christmas (January 7th) ● Defense of a Fatherland (February 23rd) ● International Women’s Day (March 8th) ● Easter (April TBD) ● Labor Day (May 5th) ● Victory Day (May 9th) ● Russia Day (June 12th) ● Constitution Vote (July 1st) ● Day of Unity (November 4th) ● Mothers Day (November 29th) New Year's in Moscow Culture Famous People Sports Foods ● Alex Ovechkin (Hockey) ● Soccer (Football) ● Bliny Sorrel Soup ● Edward Furbag (Actor) ● Ice Hockey ● Sirniki ● Joseph Stalin (Dictator) ● Running ● Kashka ● ● ● Vladimir Lenin (Dictator) Fishing Pickles ● Figure Skating ● Pelmeni ● Vladimir Putin (President) ● Basketball ● Sorrel(Cabbage) Soup ● Maria Sharipova (Tennis) ● Tennis ● Shchi ● Volleyball ● Caviar ● Boxing ● Sour Cream ● Chess ● Rye Bread ● Beef Stroganoff Culture (continued) Crafts Music Customs Dymkovo Toy ● Nesting Dolls ● Traditional ● Take shoes and coat ● Russian Eggs ● Religious off when entering ● Wool Shawls ● Pop someone else’s home. ● Jewelry ● Rock ● When entering a place ● Lace ● Techno of worship, women should cover their face ● Gzhel Beethoven Traditional ● Patelch Russian Folk Song and shoulders. Men ● Dymkovo Toy (click to listen) should take off their ● Tula Samovar hat. No shorts. ● Enamel ● Hands shall be seen at all times while dining. Traditional Clothing ● Men ○ Rubakha (oversized shirt) ○ Shuba (fur coat) ○ Kaftan Rubakha ● Women ○ Rubakha (oversized shirt) ○ Sarafan (long dress) ○ Kokoshnik (headdress) Sarafan Kokoshnik Headdress.