LET´S LEARN ABOUT RUSSIA

Map of Russia

FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA

• The capital of Russia is Moscow.

This is the Russian flag.

• The population of Russia is 150 million and it´s very concetrated.

• It´s the biggest country in the north hemisphere.

• It spans 11 time zones.

Siberia: “the sleeping land”

• Siberia is the 77% of Russian territory, but it´s home to only 23% of its population.

The money used is the ruble.

The language spoken is Russian.People write in cyrillic.

Russia is famous for…

• Nesting dolls (matryoshkas)

Samovar and tea

Russian teacakes (snowballs)

Brown bears

Ballet

Peter and the wolf

The balalaika

Vodka

Baba Yaga

Ukrainian Easter eggs (PYSANKY)

A KID´S LIFE IN RUSSIA

Zdravstvuite (hello)! Menia zovut

(my name is) Larisa.

I am a 10 year old girl.

I live in Moscow, Russia.

I speak Russian and English and write in Russian Cyrillic.

Russia is a very big country, the biggest country in the world.

Part of Russia is in Asia and part in Europe.

In the summer it is warm but in the winter it's cold and it snows.

I live in an apartment like most people in Moscow.

The cities in Russia are very crowded.

The apartment buildings are very tall but our apartment is very small.

I fold up my bed during the day and store my bed sheets.

At night, I make my whole bed. It's work!

We also share a kitchen and a toilet with two other families.

My favorite foods are blinies (thin pancakes served with

salmon and other fillings) with sour cream and piroshkises

(pastries filled with meat). They are so good!

I also like to eat borscht, which is soup made from beets.

Shchi (cabbage soup) and tea are also yummy.

Like most Russians, we eat our main meal at midday and have a lighter meal in the evening.

The metro trains are a good way to get around Moscow and they're also fun. Boats and cars are used too.

There are many bridges because of all the canals.

Some important places are St. Basil's Cathedral (it has

many onion-shaped domes), the Kremlin, which is a

government building, and the museum of the Fine Arts.

Fun places I like to visit in Moscow are the zoo, the

planetarium, the Gum department store, the museum, the

swimming pool, and the stadium. I wish that I could go

there every day.

Did you know that there are over 660 museums in Russia?

We love to visit them. My favorite place is the planetarium. I

like to see the stars.

I like to go sledding and skiing in the winter and swimming

and playing soccer in the summer.

Soccer is the most popular sport in Russia.

I use rubles and kopeks to buy things.

I hope you will come and visit Russia someday.

Bye!

To finish, enjoy the Cossack dance