The 2014 Winter Olympics were held in Sochi, Russia. Sochi has a warm humid climate with temperatures ranging from 36 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. Traditional Russian culture places importance on foods like borscht soup and caviar, clothing like the kokoshnik head dress and sarafan dress, and sports like ice hockey, figure skating, and chess. Major Russian holidays celebrated include the New Year and Christmas. The ancient Olympic Games originated as religious festivals for Zeus and initially only included running events for men.

1. 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS
Let the games begin

4. Sochi has a warm humid temperature climate with
hot summers and no dry season.
Over the course of the year the temperature
typically varies from 36 degrees to 84 degrees and is
rarely below 29 degrees or above 89 degrees

5. CULTURE
Food
Borshch is the most famous
Russian traditional food (which
is a beet soup). Caviar or Ikra
is also very popular in Russia.
Samovars and tea drinking are
a huge part of Russia culture.
A samovar is a device used to
heat and boil water for tea.
Clothing
Traditional Russian women wear a
head dress called a kokoshnik. They
also wear a traditional dress called a
sarafan. There are also two very
famous types of Russian shawls.
Russian men wear fine linen rubashka
or use a shirt. Traditional Russian
clothing is designed to highlight the
spirit of Russia.
Sports
The tree most popular sports in Russia
are ice hockey, figure skating, and chess

6. HOLIDAYS
New Years is
the most
popular
Russian
holiday.
One tradition
they have is
from January 1st
to January 5th,
nobody has to
attend work.
Also after
Christmas they
leave their tree
up but give it a
new name. They
call it the New
Year tree but
Russians also
celebrate

7. The Olympics
brings all the
different cultures
and people
together from
around the world.

8. The History of
the Olympics.
-The Olympic
games were
closely linked to
religious festivals
of the cult of Zeus,
but were not an
integral part of rite.
-The first Olympic
Games held only the
event of running. This
event was called the
Stade.
Women were not allowed to
compete in the first Olympics.
Married women were not even
allowed to watch. The men had
to be extremely fit and pretty
young. In the first Olympic
games men did not wear any
clothes when they competed.

9. FUN FACTS
Russians never
shake hands over
a door way, they
believe it leads
to arguments.
One of the
oldest Russian
traditions is the
banya, a Russian
type sauna and
even though
this tradition is
several
centuries old
the banya is
Russians love to
popular even
visit each other and
today.
need no special
reason like a
holiday or
birthday to have a
celebration or

10. Thanks
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watchin

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