1. RUSSIA By Alexa Bouquet RUSSIA By Alexa Bouquet

3. Total area: 17,075,400

4. Russia has many natural resources such as major deposits of timber, petroleum, natural gas, coal, ores, and other mineral resources

6. 160 other groups and indigenous people live in Russia

7. The Russian population is declining

8. The population peaked in 1991, with 148,689,000 people

10. Russia has around 100 different languages

11. Approximately 142.6 million people speak Russian

12. Over ¼ of the worlds literature is published in Russian

14. In 1757 The Russian Academy of Arts was created

15. The purpose was to give artist an international role and status.

16. In the 19th century realism dominated

17. Russian Literature is thoughtof as some of the most influential and developed in the world

20. Paskha (Easter)

21. Troitsa (Trinity)

22. KurbanBayram

23. UrazaBayram

24. The second most popular holiday is victory day, Which commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II

27. The wooded areas of Pinsk Marshes was thought to be the home of the ancestors of modern Russians and Slavic tribes

28. The Pinsk Marshes also know as the Pripyat Marshes take up most of the southern part of Belarus and the north-west of Ukraine

31. Though incorrect the USSR was often referred to as Russiaand its people being Russians

32. Work Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Geography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Demographics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#History