A-Z of my country

A – Z of my country

Poltavtseva Dina

Form 11A

Remontnenskaya gymnasium №1

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• The Altai Mountains are a mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together, and where the rivers Irtysh and Ob have their sources.

• The Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

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• Balalaika is Russian national string instrument

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• Caviar , sometimes called black caviar, is a luxury delicacy, consisting of processed, salted, non-fertilized sturgeon roe

• Cheburashka
• According to the story, Cheburashka is a funny little creature, unknown to science, who lives in the tropical forest. He accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats his fill, and falls asleep. The crate is eventually delivered to a grocery store in an unnamed town where the rest of the main story unfolds.

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• Democracy is a form of government in which all citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal (and more or less direct) participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law

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• Elbrus is an inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia.

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• A Fabergé egg is any one of the thousands of jeweled eggs made by the House of Fabergé from 1885 through 1917. The majority of these were miniature ones that were popular gifts at Eastertide. Tsar Alexander III decided to give his wife the Empress Maria Fedorovna an Easter Egg in 1885, possibly to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their betrothal.

There are Fabergé egg

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• Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

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• Irtysh — is the longest river-inflow in the world. Irtysh's main affluent is the Tobol River. The Ob-Irtysh forms a major basin in Asia, encompassing most of Western Siberia and the Altay Mountains.

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• Jam traffic it is one of the greatest problems of Russia. Traffic congestion is a condition on road networks that occurs as use increases, and is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times. The greatest stopper of Russia was long 300 km

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• Kolobok is the main character Russian national fairy tale with the same name, represented as a small yellow spherical being. He is accidentally created by an old man and his wife, as a bread dish, when he suddenly becomes animated and escapes from their home

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• Lenin Vladimir Ilyich was a Russian revolutionary, author, lawyer, economic theorist, political philosopher, creator of the Soviet Communist Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution, and founder of the USSR.

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• Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent.

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• Nested doll
• Russian nesting doll or matryoshka as it is sounded in Russian - probably, the most popular Russian national souvenir. The wide fame was won by Russian matryoshka (nesting doll) far abroad

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• Ostankino Tower is a free-standing television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, currently the tallest in Europe and 3rd tallest in the world.

P

• A pancake is a thin, flat, round cake prepared from a batter, or dough in some cases, and cooked on a hot griddle or frying pan.

• Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature

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• Queen Catherine II , also known as Catherine the Great, was born in Stettin, Pomerania, Prussia on 2 May 1729. She reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July1762 after the assassination of her husband, Peter III, just after the end of the Seven Years' War until her death on 17 November1796.

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• Red Square is a city square in Moscow.The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of Russia.

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• A samovar is a heated metal container traditionally used to heat and boil water in and around Russia

• Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. As the city is known for leaf bridges

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• The Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.

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• The Ural Mountains are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan.

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• Valenki are traditional Russian winter footwear, essentially felt boots: the name valenok literally means "made by felting". Valenki are made of wool felt.

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• War
• Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party.

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• Yeralash is a Russian children's comedy TV show and children's comedy magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word Eralash means "muddle, mess, or jungle" in the Russian language.

• Zenit
• Football Club Zenit is a Russian football club from the city of Saint-Petersburg. Founded in 1925, the club plays in the Russian Premier League and currently is one of the strongest in the country. Zenit were the 2007 and 2010 champions of the Russian Premier League and the winners of both the 2008 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.

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