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RussiaRussia
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A small trip to RussiaA small trip to Russia
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GeographyGeography
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The largest country in the world (1.8 times the size of the US)
Capital – Moscow
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Ural Mountains – the border between Europe and Asia
11 time zones+8 hours vs. US Eastern Time
Baikal – the deepest and the cleanest lake in the world
Caspian See – the biggest lake
in the world
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Places in Russia
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Moscow
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Moscow Metro
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HistoryHistory
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Two Tsar Dynasties:– Rurik Dynasty (862-1598)– Romanov Dynasty (1613-1917)
Socialistic Revolution and the Rule of the Communist Party (1917-1991)– Lenin (1917-24): The Ideological Leader – Stalin (1928-53): The Main Dictator
Market Reforms and Democratization:– Gorbachov (1985-91): Glasnost’, Perestroika– Eltsin (1991-99): Privatization– Putin (1999-20??): Redistribution
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EconomyEconomy
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Natural Resources:– Second Largest Oil Producer (West Siberia)– World Largest Natural Gas Producer (East Siberia)– Almost all metals and minerals (Urals)– Third Largest Timber Producer (European North)
Services Share in GDP: 68.3% GDP (ER): $ 741 BB (1.6% of World GDP) GDP per capita (PPP): $ 11 K (better than Mexico but worse
than Malaysia) Economic collapse of 1990-98 (lost over 40% of 1989 GDP);
Solid economic growth afterwards (6% a year) Inequality: worse than Europe but better than US (however,
some argue that it is as bad as Brazil); 15% of population below the poverty line
Key Trading Partners: EU (Germany), CIS (Ukraine, Kazakhstan), China, US
Currency: Russian Rubble ($1 = 28 Rubbles)
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PeoplePeople
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Population: 143 millions (8th in the world) Median Age: 38 years (37 years in US); 35 - for
males and 41 - for females Life expectancy at birth: 67 years (78 years in
US); 60 - for males and 74 - for females Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman
(2.09 in US) Population growth rate: -0.37% (+0.91% in US)
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Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule)
Ethnic Groups: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (over 100 nationalities)
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Dagestan-I was born here-The Most Southern point of Russia-Over 30 different ethnicities-I am Tabasaranian
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Famous RussiansFamous Russians
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FoodFood
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Borscht, Pelmeni, Shashlyk, Plov, Bliny, Caviar The biggest holiday – New Year. Every family has
salad “Olivye”, champagne, and mandarins. Vodka (Peter the Great: “Vot kak!” (this way)
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LanguageLanguage
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The different alphabet – Cyrillic.
It is based on the system of Greek capital letters.
Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages
33 letters
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Меня зовут … – [Menya zovut] – My name is …
Let’s learn Russian
Альбина
Бэт
Джэйсон
Синтия
Эрин
Синди
Джессика
Джеф
Лесли
Кэра
Джереми
Albina
Beth
Jaison
Cynthia
Erin
Cindy
Jessica
Jeff
Leslie
Kara
Jeremy
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Good to know
Let’s learn Russian
Спасибо
Пиво
До свидания
Я тебя люблю
Привет
Thanks
Beer
Good Bye
I love you
Hello
Spasibo
Pivo
Do svidaniya
Ya tebya lublyu
Privet
Я не понимаю I don’t understandYa ne ponimayu
Пожалуйста You are welcomePozhaluista
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Спасибо!Спасибо!Spasibo!Spasibo!Thank you!Thank you!