russian culture

Russia

Culture

Russians celebrate Christmas differently than we do. Russians get pulled around on a

light sleigh pulled by three horses called a troika. Russians don’t celebrate Christmas to an ext

as much as they used to. Russians celebrate Christmas on janurary7th. They also celebrate it 12

days.

Russian girls leave their boots on the sidewalk for a guy to pick up

to marry her. Old ladies told who a girl would marry with a black

chicken. Russians like to ice skate because of frigid temperatures.

Nickolas is the most common name in Russia.

Russian people call Santa father frost. Even though Russia is cold

kids play other things like basketball. Russians celebrate Christmas

much differently than us in many ways.

I will tell you about the history of Russia. 1st in 1547 Ivan the

Terrible ruled Russia. Did you know Mongols ruled for 240 years?

Putin resigned in 1999 but reelected in 2004. In 1996 there was a

treaty between Russia.

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2nd I will tell you about the weapons and the wars they had. In

1814 Russia surprisingly defeated France. In 1993 Russia went into

combat. Russia had 30% of the world’s weapons’.

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Last I will tell you about the early history of Russia. In 800s

Slavic people settle in Russia. In 988 sir Vlatmear was the first ruler

of Russia. Did you know that Moscow is the biggest city in Russia

today?

Russia’s favorite sport is soccer. Winter sports such as ice

skating, hockey, and cross-country skiing are popular. Tennis is an

increasingly popular sport in Russia.

Ice skating in Russia.

Olympics

The 2014 Winter Olympics will be held in Russia. The 1980

Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, Russia’s capital city. Russia is

second among all nations by the number of gold medals collected at the

summer and Winter Olympics. From 1964 to 2006, at every Winter

Olympics, a Russian pair has won gold in figure skating.

Basketball is another popular sport in Russia.

Recreation

Russians have little leisure time because they must make money

and get food. Cities have relatively few night clubs. Russians enjoy

watching television.

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Russia.

Food in Russia

Food in Russia is expensive, so, most people eat home grown food,

like fruit and vegetables. More old people eat only bread and potatoes

because their retirement money is very little. Traditional Russian food

is borsch (vegetables soup), pirozhki (stuffed roll), and golbtsy

(stuffed cabbage). Russian drink large amounts of tea, coffee, and

kvass a beer like drink made from a black bread.

A Café in Russia

Main Dishes

Main dishes are beef, chicken, pork, and fish. Main vegetables

include beets, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, onions, potatoes, radishes,

and tomatoes. Most Russian food ate around the world. And some other

main dishes ate around the world are Pelmeni, Abzhorka, beef

stroganoff, Borsch, and Fish Colbasa.

Pork in Russia

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Tomatoes in Russia

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Appetizers in Russia

Their appetizers are mostly gurkins, cabbage, and salads are usually

served in Russia. Most appetizers are mostly served with an alcoholic

drink (only for adults). Another appetizer is cucumbers kept in salted

water with spices for about a week, and it’s a traditional vodka snack.

Russia appetizers sometimes include fish such as salmon, which could

be black or red salmon.

Cabbage

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Salmon

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