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RussiaRussia
A small trip to RussiaA small trip to Russia
GeographyGeography
The largest country in the world (1.8 times the size of the US)
Capital – Moscow
Ural Mountains – the border between Europe and Asia
11 time zones+8 hours vs. US Eastern Time
Baikal – the deepest and the cleanest lake in the world
Caspian See – the biggest lake
in the world
Places in Russia
Moscow
Moscow Metro
HistoryHistory
Two Tsar Dynasties:– Rurik Dynasty (862-1598)– Romanov Dynasty (1613-1917)
Socialistic Revolution and the Rule of the Communist Party (1917-1991)– Lenin (1917-24): The Ideological Leader – Stalin (1928-53): The Main Dictator
Market Reforms and Democratization:– Gorbachov (1985-91): Glasnost’, Perestroika– Eltsin (1991-99): Privatization– Putin (1999-20??): Redistribution
EconomyEconomy
Natural Resources:– Second Largest Oil Producer (West Siberia)– World Largest Natural Gas Producer (East Siberia)– Almost all metals and minerals (Urals)– Third Largest Timber Producer (European North)
Services Share in GDP: 68.3% GDP (ER): $ 741 BB (1.6% of World GDP) GDP per capita (PPP): $ 11 K (better than Mexico but worse
than Malaysia) Economic collapse of 1990-98 (lost over 40% of 1989 GDP);
Solid economic growth afterwards (6% a year) Inequality: worse than Europe but better than US (however,
some argue that it is as bad as Brazil); 15% of population below the poverty line
Key Trading Partners: EU (Germany), CIS (Ukraine, Kazakhstan), China, US
Currency: Russian Rubble ($1 = 28 Rubbles)
PeoplePeople
Population: 143 millions (8th in the world) Median Age: 38 years (37 years in US); 35 - for
males and 41 - for females Life expectancy at birth: 67 years (78 years in
US); 60 - for males and 74 - for females Total fertility rate: 1.28 children born/woman
(2.09 in US) Population growth rate: -0.37% (+0.91% in US)
Religions: Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule)
Ethnic Groups: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (over 100 nationalities)
Dagestan-I was born here-The Most Southern point of Russia-Over 30 different ethnicities-I am Tabasaranian
Famous RussiansFamous Russians
FoodFood
Borscht, Pelmeni, Shashlyk, Plov, Bliny, Caviar The biggest holiday – New Year. Every family has
salad “Olivye”, champagne, and mandarins. Vodka (Peter the Great: “Vot kak!” (this way)
LanguageLanguage
The different alphabet – Cyrillic.
It is based on the system of Greek capital letters.
Russian belongs to the family of Indo-European languages
33 letters
Меня зовут … – [Menya zovut] – My name is …
Let’s learn Russian
Альбина
Бэт
Джэйсон
Синтия
Эрин
Синди
Джессика
Джеф
Лесли
Кэра
Джереми
Albina
Beth
Jaison
Cynthia
Erin
Cindy
Jessica
Jeff
Leslie
Kara
Jeremy
Good to know
Let’s learn Russian
Спасибо
Пиво
До свидания
Я тебя люблю
Привет
Thanks
Beer
Good Bye
I love you
Hello
Spasibo
Pivo
Do svidaniya
Ya tebya lublyu
Privet
Я не понимаю I don’t understandYa ne ponimayu
Пожалуйста You are welcomePozhaluista
Спасибо!Спасибо!Spasibo!Spasibo!Thank you!Thank you!