General russia

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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 CONTRASTS !!!

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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

CONTRASTS !!!

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Let's see what do you know about

Russia!?

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We are part of Eastern Europe

and also part of Asia

Russia - country of contrasts!

Location:

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15.000.000 km2

Russia - country of contrasts!

Area:Our borders washed by 3 oceans & 12 seas, contacting many countries. Just

check the map!

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Moscow

Around 12 Millions of people.It’s on 7th place in the list of top populated cities in the world.

the capital of Russia

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Saint-PetersburgIt's usually called 'The Northern Capital of Russia‘. The most populated Northern city in the world!

(more than 5 mln ppl)

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St.Petersburg

Novosibirsk

Saratov

Moscow

Yekaterinburg

Vladivostok

Cities

Samara

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Russian famous personalities

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Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin was the first human in the space!

In 1961 he saw whole our planet trough illuminator of the spaceship “Vostok”.

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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.

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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.

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Special national holidays

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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.

9th of May – Victory Day

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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”

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September 1st is a day when every school, collage or university opens after summer holiday.

The day of knowledge

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What also is famous about

Russia?

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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.

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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!

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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!

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Let`s explore smth else about Russia!

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Unique & cure Russian soul…. YOU would be surprised if YOU knew how hospitable people are.

Russia - country of contrasts!

People:

By the way there’s approximately 150.000.000 such a people…

And of course people in Russia are too different.

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Russian is the most spoken one, but except it almost each republic has own different language.

Russia - country of contrasts!

Language:

English is main business language & widely understood among youth & customer service.

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As YOU probably guess this is totally different from one republic to another. In some YOU’ will never see snow in others YOU can watch that for 9 month a year (esp. for snowboard lovers)

Russia - country of contrasts!

Climate:

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Summer...

... in general, mild, with an average temperature of +22ºC in the western part and +28 (!) in Siberia. The warmest months are July and August.

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• National currency - Ruble = 100 kopecks

Russia - country of contrasts!

Time is Money:

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Russia - country of contrasts!

Religion:

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Russian traditional costumes

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Traditions

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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

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Industry

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Industries percent in GDP

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Top list of russian companies

• Gazprom• Lukoil• RZD (Russian railways)• TNK-BP• Sberbank of Russia• Sibur• Severstal

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Russian corporate culture

48%

32%

20%Europe companies

Modern russian economy

Soviet Union production methods

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Main points:

• Famous russians

• Holidays• Facts about

Russia• Location• People• Language

• Religion• Climate• Money• Tradition

s• Industry