Atlas Week:

Russia

Sergey Dolgov

VOLGOGRAD

BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD

MOTHERLAND CALLS STATUE – 278 FT

ENEMY AT THE GATES

FIRST ANATOMY CLASS AND GRADUATION DAY

MY DENTAL SCHOOL

CIA WORLD FACTS: POPULATIONS

WORLD’S POLITICAL MAP

THE URAL MOUNTAINS

THE URAL MOUNTAINS

HISTORY

• Kievan Rus’ – 862 ad

• Tsarist Russia

• Soviet Union – 1917-1991

• Russian Federation – since 1991

ECONOMY

• GDP – 2.7 trl, 19K per capita

• Unemployment – 6%

• Russia’s reserves increased from $12 billion in 1999 to

$597.3 billion in 2008(3rd)

• External debt – 24% of the GDP or $3500 per capita

• Flat income tax rate of 13%

• Emerging market. Member of BRIC

CUISINE

Holodec is a jelly mass

made of cooled broth with chunks of meat.

RUSSIAN FISH SOUP(UHA), BEEF STROGANOFF

RUSSIAN BARBEQUE

HANDMADE DUMPLINGS AND RUSSIAN PAN CAKES

Pelmeni belong to the family of

dumplings, and are related to

Ukrainian vareniki and Polish pierogi

HOLIDAYS IN RUSSIA

• New Year

• Birthday

• Men’s Day and Women’s Day(February 23rd and

March 8th)

• Victory Day(May 9th)

• Labor Day(May 1st)

STATUS SYMBOLS

HOFSTEDE’S CULTURAL DIMENSIONS

MOSCOW DOWN TOWN

RED SQUARE

NIGHT MOSCOW

MOSCOW TRAFFIC JAM

MOSCOW SUBWAY

MOSCOW SUBWAY STATIONS

ST PETERSBURG SUBWAY

NOVOSLOBODSKAYA STATION

SAINT PETERSBURG

AMBER ROOM

SAINT TRINITY CATHEDRAL

SAINT ISAAC CATHEDRAL

SAINT ISAAC CATHEDRAL

SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL

SAINT NICHOLAS CATHEDRAL

MYTH BUSTER? ST PETERSBURG JAN 7TH

MYTH BUSTER? ST PETERSBURG JAN 7TH

SAINT PETERSBURG

CLASSICAL MUSIC

RUSSIAN BALLET, THEATER AND OPERA

THE NUTCRACKER. RUSSIAN DANCE

CHESS. WORLD MAP OF CHESS GRAND MASTERS

CHESS

CLASSICAL LITERATURE

RUSSIANS IN US

• 3.2 million = approx. 1%, 6.5% of US millionaires

REFERENCES

• Cia world facts

• Wikipedia

• http://www.targetmap.com/viewer.aspx?reportId=

5232

• Youtube