1. We are happy that YOU are watching this presentation, because it means that YOU are starting to discover the very specific country... WELCOME TO THE COUNTRY OF C O N T R A S T S !!!
9. Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin was the first human in the space! In 1961 he saw whole our planet trough illuminator of the spaceship “Vostok”.
10. Leo Tolstoy Leo Tolstoy was the one who created “War and Peace” and “Anna Karenina” His books are translated to almost every language in the world.
11. Cheburashka Cheburashka was born in 1966 by writer Eduard Uspenskii. First this big-ear character become children's favorite as a book personage . Now Cheburashka is a real celebrity – in 2006 he went to summer Olympics in a role of team symbol.
13. This day in 1945 Soviet Union and Germany signed an armistice. And since 1945 we celebrate this date having great parade at the main city square in honor of veterans of Second World War . 9 th of May – Victory Day
14. Funny celebration is going through whole last week of February. This holiday marks that winter time is over. People making a man of straw – it symbolize winter and burning it. “ Maslenitsa”
15. September 1 st is a day when every school, collage or university opens after summer holiday. The day of knowledge
17. Russian girls Miss World 2008 Ksenia Suhkinova. And miss Universe 2002 Oksana Fedorova are from Russia. And there are much more beautiful girls in every Russian city.
18. Long distances In the biggest country in the world you can drive for 4 hours without finding a city or other signs of civilization. Train trip from east to west part of the country will take you 7 days !
19. Cold Winter Two small towns in Sakha Republic: Verkhoyansk & Amyakon are known for low winter temperature with a January average of −50 °C ( −58 °F), and some of the greatest temperature difference between summer and winter temperature on Earth. The rest part of the country never gets so cold! But if you are going to see Russian winter you'll definitely need an extra pair of glows!
24. Summer... ... in general, mild, with an average temperature of +22ºC in the w estern part and +28 (!) in Siberia. The warmest months are July and August .
29. Trans-Siberian Railway It is the longest continuous rail line on earth of almost 6’000 miles (or about 10’000 kilometres) over 1/4 of the globe. Baikal is the deepest lake in the World (1,620 metres). Lake Baikal
