Presentation Russian Language
Welcome to the Russian world General information about Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world. Its area is 17 098.242 million square km. The state is located in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Population: around 143.800 million people.
Money: the local currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB), divided into
100 kopeks.
Transportation within Russia: metro, buses, trolley-buses, trams, marshrutka
(minibuses), taxi, train, airplane.
In Russia people like to relax and celebrate holidays.
Russians are not different from the other world, are they? However Russians are still different at least in one thing: they like to celebrate every kind of holiday - old, new, pagan,
orthodox,
traditionally Russian or even foreign. Don't be surprised!
Public holidays in Russia:
01 January – New Year;
07 January – Christmas (Orthodox);
23 February – The Motherland Defender`s Day;
08 March – International Women`s Day;
09 May – Victory Day;
moveable feast – Easter.
Russian food
Most of the Russian meals start with a soup. There is a great variety of soups such as shchi (cabbage soup), borsch (beetroot soup), ukha (fish soup), solyanka (soup based on meat broth), okroshka (cold soup based on kvass) and many others. Popular meat dishes are Pelmeni and Vareniki, which are stuffed dumplings, Kotlety (meatballs), Shashlyk (a form of Shish kebab) are also very popular. Other famous meals are Pirozhki (pirogue, pie), which are filled with one of many different fillings, and Blini (pancakes). Many traditional drinks are indigenous to Russia and are not present in other national cuisines. The most notable of these are kvass, medovukha and mors.
Russian language in the world
Russian
language belongs to the East
Slavic
language group, which is part of Indo-European languages family.
Russian is the eighth most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the seventh by total number of speakers.
Russian – official language of
Russian
Federation,
main
Russia is the largest country in the world. Its area is 17 098.242 million square km. The state is located in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
Population: around 143.800 million people.
Money: the local currency is the Russian Ruble (RUB), divided into
100 kopeks.
Transportation within Russia: metro, buses, trolley-buses, trams, marshrutka
(minibuses), taxi, train, airplane.
In Russia people like to relax and celebrate holidays.
Russians are not different from the other world, are they? However Russians are still different at least in one thing: they like to celebrate every kind of holiday - old, new, pagan,
orthodox,
traditionally Russian or even foreign. Don't be surprised!
Public holidays in Russia:
01 January – New Year;
07 January – Christmas (Orthodox);
23 February – The Motherland Defender`s Day;
08 March – International Women`s Day;
09 May – Victory Day;
moveable feast – Easter.
Russian food
Most of the Russian meals start with a soup. There is a great variety of soups such as shchi (cabbage soup), borsch (beetroot soup), ukha (fish soup), solyanka (soup based on meat broth), okroshka (cold soup based on kvass) and many others. Popular meat dishes are Pelmeni and Vareniki, which are stuffed dumplings, Kotlety (meatballs), Shashlyk (a form of Shish kebab) are also very popular. Other famous meals are Pirozhki (pirogue, pie), which are filled with one of many different fillings, and Blini (pancakes). Many traditional drinks are indigenous to Russia and are not present in other national cuisines. The most notable of these are kvass, medovukha and mors.
Russian language in the world
Russian
language belongs to the East
Slavic
language group, which is part of Indo-European languages family.
Russian is the eighth most spoken language in the world by number of native speakers and the seventh by total number of speakers.
Russian – official language of
Russian
Federation,
main