2. Myth 1: Bears on streets

4. Myth 3: It is always cold Sochi, Russia

5. Myth 4: Beautiful women TRUE!

6. How big are we? - Largest in the world: Total area 17,075,200 sq km It could contain: 5 Indias 14 South Africas 934 Fijis 10 hours of flight 9 time zones 1 week by train

7. Where are we? In Europe – 40% In Asia – 60%

8. We have 4 seasons: How about climate? ) 1.Winter (December, January, February) 3.Summer (June, July, August) 2.Spring (March, April, May) 2.Autumn (September, October, November) Global warming? Only in media

9. Which alcohol drink is most popular in Russia? Quiz 1: or

10. 862 1237 1547 862 What was in the past? Kievan Rus’ Rurik

11. w 862 1237 1547 862 What was in the past? Mongol invasion Batu Khan

12. 862 1237 1547 862 What was in the past? Ivan The Terrible

13. 862 1237 1547 862 What was in the past? Peter I The Great

14. 1861 1917 1926 1941 What was in the past? Peasant Emancipation Alexander II the Liberator

15. 1861 1917 1926 1941 What was in the past? Vladimir Lenin & Russian Revolution

16. 1861 1917 1926 1941 What was in the past? Josef Stalin

17. 26 600 000 soviet people died 1861 1917 1926 1941 What was in the past? Second World War

18. 1946 1961 1985 1991 What was in the past? The Cold War

19. 1946 1961 1985 1991 What was in the past? Yuri Gagarin - first man in space

20. 1946 1961 1985 1991 What was in the past? Michael Gorbachov & Perestroika

21. 1946 1961 1985 1991 What was in the past? Boris Yeltzin - First President Of Russia

22. Who is the leader? Tandem: PM Vladimir Putin & President Dmitry Medvedev

23. How long does it take to cross Russia by the train from east to west? Quiz 2: About 1 week

24. Which Russians are famous?

25. Any brands?

26. Who are we? 80% of us - russians But also we are: Tatars (3,8%) Ukrainians (3%) buryats chuckchas jews And many others: Chuvash Belarusians Mordovians Germans Chechens Avars Armenian Bashkirs Altai Khakassia Yakuts Kabardins Adygea Circassians Chechens Ingush Avars Lezgins Ossetins Finnish Karelians Komis Saami , Mari Khanty Mansi Nenetses Evenks Chukchi Buryats Kalmyks

27. Average age = 38.7 Normal Russian family consists of 3-5 people Who are we? Average life expectancy = 65.5 years old 135 in the world Men = 42 % Women = 58% 2/3 lives in cities 1/3 in villages 48 Mexico 76.2 85 Mauritius 72.8 95 Armenia 72.0 117 Belarus 69.0 119 Fiji 68.8 126 Uzbekistan 67.2 135 Russia 65.5 139 India 64.7 140 Laos 64.4 148 Myanmar 62.1 151 Ghana 60.0 154 Gambia 59.4 168 Namibia 52.9 178 South Africa 49.3 183 DRC 46.5 188 Afghanistan 43.8 Russian cross Future Russians?

28. Who are we? Anyway, official language is Russian Almost official religion is Russian Orthodox Nevertheless , we have also: islam buddism hinduism Saint Petersburg Mosque Ivoginsky Datsan, Buryatia Omkar Shiva Dham Ashram, Omsk Region

29. How many people? 145 million Same as Bangladesh It is 1/8 of India’s population

30. Quiz 3: Who was the first President of Russian Federation? Boris Yeltzin Michael Gorbachev Yuri Gagarin

31. On the picture – flag & arms Hymn of Russian Federation is sounding A little bit about politic Type of our government - federation Political system - sovereign (managed) democracy Vladislav Surkov – main manager

32. Also we have a lot of radio stations , internet news portals and few federal news agencies . 90% - non-state About mass media We have 93 000 of them Television Most popular media since USSR Most controlled by government since Y2K About 27 000 daily & weekly newspapers Newspapers Komsomolskaya pravda has largest circulation - 735 000 (84 th in world) We have about 330 TV Channels Other media

35. Bloggers can violate taboo now

36. Development in press? Depends on event On regular basis usually only in government press And only about plans and what’s already have been done

37. Which Russian mobile company works on Indian ITC market? Quiz 4:

38. Everything about money Special for Ghana: Our currency is Russian Rubl 1$ = 32.1 1 € = 43.4 1 = 1.53 RS

39. Everything about money GDP GDP per capita G ross D omestic P roduct $ 2.230 trillion $ 15,612 per capita 1 United States 14,526,550 4 India 4,057,787 6 Russia 2,230,954 11 Mexico 1,564,872 25 South Africa 525,806 60 Belarus 131,535 75 Uzbekistan 86,103 77 Myanmar 76,839 82 Ghana 64,584 98 Nepal 35,759 107 Afghanistan 27,443 115 DRC 23,186 125 Mauritius 18,185 129 Armenia 16,826 130 Laos 15,766 156 Fiji 3,988 1 Qatar 88,222 53 Russia 15,612 60 Mexico 14,406 62 Mauritius 14,194 63 Belarus 13,874 79 South Africa 10,518 100 Namibia 6,935 114 Armenia 5,100 120 Fiji 4,481 129 India 3,408 133 Uzbekistan 3,048 136 Ghana 2,725 140 Laos 2,449 148 Gambia, The 2,032 163 Burma 1,256 173 Afghanistan 909 183 DRC 329

40. Everything about money GNP per capita G ross N ational I ncome $ 1.404 trillion $ 19,190 per capita (at purchasing power parity) 1 Luxembourg 63,850 32 Russia 19,190 39 Mexico 15,010 44 Belarus 14,020 48 Mauritius 13,670 61 South Africa 10,280 79 Namibia 6,580 86 Armenia 5,450 98 Fiji 4,490 106 India 3,560 118 Laos 2,300 134 Ghana 1,600 138 Gambia 1,270 141 Nepal 1,200 160 DRC 310

42. What do we do? services 59.1% Agriculture 4%, industry 36.8%

47. What is the main economical reason of the USSR collapse? Sharp falling down of oil prices. Quiz 5:

50. A little bit more about Russian business

52. Other tourist attractions 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites But high prices and not very developed service

57. Energy Sector Sakhalin-1 Project Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project

58. Economic Relations 30% of medicine in Russia was made in India Indo-Russian trade is about US$10 billion The India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation ( IRIGC ) India-Russia Forum on Trade and Investment

60. Russia in the list of developing countries with high human development Human Development Index But most of people in Russia consider country as developed 58 Mexico 63 Belarus 67 Russia 74 Mauritius

61. Women in decision-making But only 10% of Russian parliamentarians are women Valentina Matvienko Elvira Nabiullina Tatiana Golikova Natalia Komarova

66. Common causes of death 57% 14%

68. Famous Russian writers Vladimir Nabokov Feodor Dostoevsky Anton Chehov Leo Toltoy

69. Famous Russian composers Alexander Borodin Dmitry Shostakovich Peter Tchaikovsky Igor Stravinsky

70. ` Famous Russian painters Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin El Lisitzky Nicholas Roerich Boris Kustodiev Kazimir Malevich

71. Awarded Russian Movies

72. Traditional Russian house Izba

73. Russian Banya (sauna) t of air = 50-70 C

74. How about sport?

75. Ballet

77. Ethnic Russian clothes

78. Favorite Russian dishes: pancakes with honey, sour cream or fish roe, borsch (beetroot and cabbage soup), pelmeni (forcemeat in dough), Russian food Pelmeni Bliny (pancake) Borsch Buckwheat kasha Kvass

79. Russian symbols Matryoshka Valenki Balalaika Samovar

80. Any questions?