22 February 2007

Complete Quiz

The Soviet Government controlled all the factories so there was no one to oversee how they were doing, but the Government.

A meltdown and explosion occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Ukraine on April 25 and 26 1986.

What is happening to the Aral Sea?

The Aral Sea is shrinking because it’s waters are being used for irrigation.

Since 1960, when the Aral Sea was the world's fourth largest lake, the Aral Sea has lost 75% of its water volume. This loss is due to the agricultural diversion of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers, the Aral's main sources of inflowing water. The Aral Sea is bounded by Kazakhstan on the north and Uzbekistan on the south.

In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev announced a new policy known as glasnost (openness to the West)

In 1991 the Soviet Union dissolved into 15 different republics and the Cold War officially ended.

Northern HemisphereLargest Country

Capital – Moscow

Russia, the largest country in the world, It stretches over 6,000 miles

from the Baltic Sea to the North Pacific.

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after 1991

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Cyrillic Alphabet

Russian

Approximately 50% of Russian Citizens identified themselves with Russian Orthodox Church

Christian 54.07%non-Religious 31.08%Muslim 10.20%Other 2.50%Traditional ethnic 1.10%Buddhist 0.70%Jewish 0.32%

1 Kopek

100,000 Ruble

Russian Money

1 Ruble = 100 Kopeks

American Money

1 Dollar = 100 Pennies

1.00 US Dollar = 29.989 RUB

Rs 31,000 for the 8 GB model

GovernmentFederal semi-presidential democratic republic

President Dmitry Medvedev Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Lake Baykal *Is the deepest lake in the

world. *Is the oldest lake in the world* It is 6,365 feet deep.

It has characteristics common to both seas and lakes.

It is 152,085 square feet. it holds a volume of water larger

than that of all the great lakes combined.

Caspian Sea

Trans Siberian Railway

The Kremlin

Moscow is the capital and largest city in Russia.

The Kremlin is the center of government.

Moscow

The Kremlinon the

Moscow River

Moscow

Let’s visit some important cities in Russia.

• Moscow

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• St. Petersburg

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• Irkutsk, in Siberia

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McDonaldsMoscow

RUSSIA Life expectancy: 60 years (men), 73 years (women) (UN)

AMERICA Life expectancy: 77 years (men), 81 years (women) (UN)

Main exports: Oil and oil products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, weapons and military equipment

Count in Russian1 ah-DEEN

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3 tree

4 chih – TEE - reh

5 p’yaht’

6 shayst

7 seeaym

8 VO - seeaym

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Matryoshka- (ma-tree-OSH-ka)

A popular toy in Russia is a nesting doll called Matryoshka. The grandfathers carved them out of wood for the grandmothers or babushkas to use to tell stories to their grandchildren.

Nesting Dolls

Nesting Dolls

Nesting Dolls

Baba Yaga

• Russian children enjoy stories.

• A familiar character in many Russian folktale is a witch called Baba Yaga.

Patricia Polacco Famous author and Illustrator from Russia.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

(1840-1893)

• 1st Russian composer to gain world wide honors.

• He wrote symphonies, operas, piano solos, and ballets.

• He is best known for his ballets: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.

*Famous theater located in Moscow.*It has produced some of the world’s greatest dancers*It is known as one of the world’s greatest ballet companies.

The Bolshoi Theatre

Some Famous Russians

• Yuri Gagarin - first man in space• Mikhail Gorbachev - leader of the Soviet Union

who made the country more free and democratic

• Anna Pavlova - world-famous ballerina• Peter Tchaikovsky - a composer who wrote the

music for The Nutcracker• Sergey Prokofiev - wrote the words and music

for Peter and the Wolf

borscht

Pelmeni (пельмени in Russian, singular pelmen, пельмень; пяльмені in Belarusian) are a traditional Eastern European

(mainly Russian) dish usually made with minced meat filling, wrapped in thin dough (made out of flour and eggs, sometimes

with milk or water added).