Welcom e to Russia

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current population of Russia is more than 150 million people.

Russia is washed by twelve seas and three oceans. The land of Russia varies very much from forests to deserts, from high mountains to deep valleys. The main mountain cbains are the Urals, the Caucasus and the Altai. There are a lot of great rivers and deep lakes on its territory.

of about 10 million people. Russia is a presidedtial republic.

It is one of the leading powers in the world. Moscow is the largest economic, political, and scientific center of Russia. The city's wealth of scientific, technical and industrial potential form the basis of its economy.

is the heart of Moscow. The Moscow Kremlin is the

oldest part of Moscow, the main socio-political, spiritual, religious and historical-artistic complex of the capital, the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The complex includes four palaces, four of the cathedral, the kremlin wall with towers. The south wall facing the Moscow river, north-west - to the Alexander garden, the east - to the Red square.

Here is the place of a Skull, the monument to

Minin and Pozharsky, the burial vault of the military and political leaders of the USSR - the Necropolis near the Kremlin wall. The square, like a diamond in a precious frame is framed by the architectural masterpieces of different times: the Moscow Kremlin, the Cathedral of the Kazan icon of the Mother of God, st. Basil's cathedral, Mausoleum, Gum building, the building of the Historical museum. Modern Red square was the venue for popular festivities, mass cultural events, concerts.

years. She was, is and will be the most popular

souvenir from Russia. Material for dolls serves linden wood and birch. The process of manufacturing of toys is very complicated. To carve a matreshka doll, you need to be a good master. Production and painting dolls began in the moscow Sergiev Posad,and later mastered the ancient craftsmen workshops in Semenov, Vyatka and nizhny Novgorod region.

to be the symbol of Russia. Why birch used in

Russia so popular? Birch - this is hardly the most common tree in Russia, slender, white, with spreading branches and the sighing of the breeze leaves. Birch is always accompanied by a Russian person. In the summer in the shade of the birch was possible to hide from the sun, in the winter of birch firewood well warmed, on birch bark in ancient times wrote of the same woven baskets and boxes, and too much of ancient slavic ceremonies and customs connected with birch and not count!