Russia is the largest country in the world, located in both Europe and Asia, with Moscow as its capital city. It has long, cold winters and borders many countries in both Europe and Asia. Some key facts about Russia include its large rivers and lakes, hockey as the most popular sport, high rates of cancer and divorce, and Cyrillic alphabet.

1. Russia
•It is the biggest country in the
entire world and it is twice the size
of the united states.
•Located in Asia and Europe.
•Capital is Moscow.

2. Russian Flag
• Red stands for love and courage.
• White stands for nobility.
• Blue stands for honesty.
• Russians have only had their national
anthem for 9 years.

3. Borders
• Asia- China, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan.
• Europe- Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and
Ukraine.
• Oceans- Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

4. Land Environment
• The lower Ural mountains in Russia divide
it from the Asian and the European
regions.
• Winters are as long as from November to
march except in Siberia where the winters
can be as long as nine months.
• Urban apartments are not as big as
regular homes but they are very good for a
family of three or less.
• You can find a lot of oil, natural
gas, coal, diamonds and precious metals.

5. Holidays
• New Year’s day is the most popular in this
country.
• Except Christmas is on January 7th instead of
December 25th.
• Victory Day is on May 9th that celebrates the end
of world war 2!

6. Lakes and Rivers
• The 4 largest rivers in Russia are
Lena, Ob, Volga, and Yenisei.
• They are 4 of the largest rivers in the
world as well.
• The deepest fresh water lake in Russia is
Baikal.

7. Sports
• Russia has many sports but Hockey is the main
sport or most popular.
• You might know a very good NHL player in
hockey, his name is Alex Ovechkin.
• They can’t do many sports because of their long
winters.

8. Disease
• Russia has very good well trained doctors
but sometimes the doctors don’t have the
tools to save the people who are sick or
injured.
• Cancer is the most popular disease in
Russia, especially lung disease because
there are a lot of smokers
• Medical care is free.

9. Marriage
• People in Russia can only marry in a
wedding palace.
• In Russia the divorce rate is very high!
• They don’t believe in that kind of
commitment for that long.

10. Famous people
• In 1972-1725 Peter The Great was the
emperor of Russia.
• The national anthem in Russia was by
Alexander Alexzandrov in 1944 and was
adopted by the Russians in 2001.
• Kavalchuk a left winger from New
Jersey Devils.

11. Transportation
• Russia has cars and they have grown a lot since
the 1980’s.
• People usually use public transportation but taxis
are very expensive in Russia.
• They don’t use bikes a lot because of their long
winters.

12. Education
• Education is optional for students between
ages 6-17.
• Russia has 33 Cyrillic letters that sound similar
to America’s alphabet.
• Some of the students in America are studying
foreign languages like
English, French, German, and Spanish.

13. Food
• In Russia soup is the most common thing to eat
there.
• When the Russians are entertained they put more
food on the table that shows them abundance or a
lot of.
• Not much to eat in Russia.

14. Fun Facts
• Russia is also 6,601,668 square miles!
• The distance from Moscow to Washington
D.C. in America it is approximately
4887.67miles away.
• Russia’s population is 140 million and is
shrinking by 0.47 percent every year.

15. Bibliography
• http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world
_region.php?contid=3&wmn=Asia
• http://www.fg-a.com/flags35.shtml
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia