This document provides an overview of Russia including its geography, demography, history, government, culture, and notable people. Russia is the largest country in the world located in northern Eurasia. It has a long history dating back to the Kievan period in the 9th century and was formerly part of the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Today, Vladimir Putin is the president and Moscow is the capital city, known for landmarks like Red Square and the Kremlin. Russian culture has made significant contributions to literature, ballet, music, and science.

1. Russia Россия

2. Demography
• Russia (Россия) is the largest country in
the world. The capital is Moscow.
• There are about 170 nationality groups.
• The official language is Russian. Many
Russians also speak English as a second
language.
• The official currency is a “rublo”(рубль).

3. Short history
The Kievan Period
860-1698 The House of Rurik.
The period of the Kievan
Russian Empire, destroyed by
the Mongol.
The Imperial Period
1698-1917 The House of
Romanov, destroyed by Lenin
in the Revolution of 1917.

4. The II World War
On 22th June 1941Nazi Germany
invaded the Soviet Union, but
Soviet forces took captured
Berlin on 9th May 1945.
On April 1961 Russian
cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
became the first human
to orbit the Earth aboard
Vostok 1.
The Soviet period
1917-1991. In 1917 there
was “the Russian
Revolution” directed by
Lenin. The USSR fell in
1991 by Michail Gorbachev
and dissolved into 15
nations.

5. Russian government
Vladimir Putin is currently the
president of the Russian Federation.

6. Red Square
Red Square (Красная площадь)
is a city square in Moscow,
Russia. It includes: the Kremlin,
five palaces, four cathedrals,
the mausoleum of Lenin and the
residence of the president of
Russian Federation.

7. Science and technology:
• Dmitry Mendleev inveted
the periodic table in 1869.
• In 1895 Alexander Popov
invented the first radio.
• Mijail Lomonosov invented
the glass.
Music and dance:
The ballet in Russia was to
entertain the imperial court.
Currently the Russian ballet is
the most famous of the world.

8. Sport
The 2014 Winter
Olympics were held in
Sochi in the south of
Russia. Russia won the
competition for a total
of 33 medals.
Literature
The Golden Age of Russian Poetry, began with
Alexander Pushkin. It continued into the 19th
century with the poetry of Mikhail Lermontov and
Nikolay Nekrasov, dramas of Anton Chekhov, and
the prose of Nikolai Gogol and Ivan Turgenev. Leo
Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky have been
described as the greatest novelists of all times.

9. У лукоморья дуб зелёный
У лукоморья дуб зелёный;
Златая цепь на дубе том:
И днём и ночью кот учёный
Всё ходит по цепи кругом;
Идёт направо - песнь заводит,
Налево - сказку говорит.
Там чудеса: там леший бродит,
Русалка на ветвях сидит;
Там на неведомых дорожках
Следы невиданных зверей;
Избушка там на курьих ножках
Стоит без окон, без дверей;
Там королевич мимоходом
Пленяет грозного царя;
Там в облаках перед народом
Через леса, через моря
Колдун несёт богатыря;
В темнице там царевна тужит,
А бурый волк ей верно служит;
Там ступа с Бабою Ягой
Идёт, бредёт сама собой,
Там царь Кащей над златом чахнет;
Там русский дух... там Русью пахнет!
И там я был, и мёд я пил;
У моря видел дуб зелёный;
Под ним сидел, и кот учёный
Свои мне сказки говорил.
Cerca del mar hay un roble verde;
Con la cadena dorada encima:
Día y noche, un sabio gato
Por la cadena alrededor camina;
Va a la derecha – a cantar comienza,
A la izquierda – los cuentos narra.
Allá hay magia: allá un duende vaga,
La Sirena en las ramas está sentada;
Allí, por los caminos desconocidos
Hay huellas de las bestias nunca vistas;
Una cabaña sobre las patas de gallina
Está sin ventanas y sin salidas;
Allí el príncipe ágilmente
Cautiva al terrible soberano;
Y, por las nubes frente a la gente
A través de los bosques y el océano
El mago lleva al jinete atrapado;
En la mazmorra llora la princesa,
El lobo pardo sirve fiel a su alteza;
Allá el mortero con la hechizada
camina solo embrujado,
El rey malvado por el oro engatusa;
Hay un espíritu ruso y la esencia rusa!
Y yo estaba por allí y la miel bebí;
Vi el roble verde al mar cercano;
Debajo el sabio gato estuvo sentado.
El me contó sus relatos sin fin.

10. End