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RUSSIA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia Region: Eastern Europa Area total: 6,592,800 km2 Coast line: Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, Barents Sea Capital: Moscow Music:Russian Gypsy Music Two Guitars Presentation by:NILGUN [email protected]

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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]

Ekaterininsky Park

St.Petersburg

Neva Fountain

Tuutari Park Skiing Resort in St.Petersburg

UFO-Metro station Gorkovskaya

Vitebsk Station

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

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Altar in the cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Ceiling decoration in the Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Isaac Square

Isaac Square

Cafe bar

Annual show for local graduates

Fontanka River

Evening on the Moika

*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.

Neva fountain St.Petersburg

Swan Lake ballet performance in St. Petersburg

Chaika

Wedding coach infront of the Winter Palace-St.Petersburg

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.