Presentation about Russia

1. RUSSIA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEVRCNeCMYU

2. Structure
• Some figures and numbers. Basic information
• Famous people
• Russian traditional handcrafting, clothes,
musical instruments
• What Russians eat and drink?
• Stereotype time
• Journey to Kaliningrad, Moscow, Saint
Petersburg, Kazan, Sochi, and Tundra

4. Basic Facts
• Territory 17,075,400 km2 (1st )
• Population 143,030,106 (8th)
• GDP nominal $1.884 trillion (9th)
• 9 time zones
• Languages: Russian throughout the country+27
co-official languages
• 160 ethnic groups, 80% ethnically Russians
• Main religions: Orthodox Christianity, Islam,
Buddhism, Judaism

5. RUBLES 1 $ ≈30 rubles

6. Politics
• Legislative
• 450-member State Duma, 166-member Federation Council
• Executive: The President is the commander-
in-chief of the military
• Judiciary: The Constitutional Court, Supreme
Court, Supreme Court of Arbitration

7. Climate
Climate data for Russia (records)
Mont Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
h
Recor
d 21.2 23.8 30.3 34.0 37.7 43.2 45.4 43.5 41.5 33.7 29.1 25.0 45.4
high (70.2) (74.8) (86.5) (93.2) (99.9) (109.8) (113.7) (110.3) (106.7) (92.7) (84.4) (77.0) (113.7)
°C
(°F)
Recor −71.2 −64.4 −60.6 −46.4 −28.9 −25.3 −47.6 −58.5 −62.8 −71.2
d low (−96.2 (−83.9 (−77.1 (−51.5 (−20.0 −9.7 −9.3 −17.1 (−13.5 (−53.7 (−73.3 (−81.0 (−96.2
°C ) ) ) ) ) (14.5) (15.3) (1.2) ) ) ) ) )
(°F)
Source: Pogoda.ru.net[121]

8. M. Lomonosov D. Mendeleev S. Kovalevskaya A. Popov
V. Tereshkova
I. Pavlov Y. Gagarin

9. Pushkin Leo Tolstoy Dostoevskiy
Chaykovsky Stravinsky Rahmaninov

15. 23rd of February
8th of March
New Year
Easter Victory Day

16. Stereotypes time…
1.Is this so really cold that all Russians wear
winter hat called ushanka?
2.Some people believe that Russians are heavy
drinkers and lazy people who are always
playing balalayka, is that right?
3. Are bears walking on the streets?
4. Some say that Russian people are always sad
and never smile.

17. Journey to Russia
• Kaliningrad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJHpOoUCzI
• Moscow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQhcJi3qiR0&feature=fvst
• Saint Petersburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKNyh4OzADc&feature=relate
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• Kazan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVucIM6aeeE
• Sochi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvULGjWhe10
• Tundra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ysmLWPTOM&feature=relate
d
• How sing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x048VHodpOo

18. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8Yui1PmTs&feat
ure=relmfu
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoKg80KeKN8&feat
ure=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn1GnXIrKrM&feat
ure=fvst
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A29cDw57qWQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh6ap78U2Xw&fe
ature=related
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwVRthBwrzs&fea
ture=related