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RUSSIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
Region: Eastern EuropaArea total: 6,592,800 km2
Coast line: Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, Barents SeaCapital: Moscow
Music:Russian Gypsy MusicTwo GuitarsPresentation by:[email protected]
Aurorais a 1900 Russian protected cruiser, currently preserved as a museum ship in St. Petersburg.
She battled the Japanese Navy in the Russo-Japanese War. One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in Russia took place on the cruiser Aurora.
As a museum ship, the cruiser Aurora became one of the many tourist attractions of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg),
and continued to be a symbol of the Communist Revolution and a prominent attribute of Russian history.From 1956 to the present day 28 million people have visited the cruiser Aurora
*ST.ISAAC'S CATHEDRAL*The largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in St.Petersburg.
It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great who had been born on the feast day of that saint
*PETERHOF PALACE*Peterhof Palace is a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out on the
orders of Peter the Great. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the "Russian Versailles". The palace-ensemble along with the city centre is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pushkin statue - St.PetersburgAlexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic erawho is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
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