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1. Russia

4. Surface area

5. Time zones

6. Russia and USA

7. Diomede Islands
Big Diomede island on the left. Little Diomede island on the right The native village of Little Diomede island

8. State Structure
Political System: Federal Republic
Head of State: The President
Head of Government: The Prime Minister
Capital: Moscow
National Symbols: Flag and Emblem
Area: 17 098.242 thousand square
kilometers
Population: About 143.800 million people.
Official language: Russian
Religion: Christianity (Orthodox)
Monetary Unit: Ruble
GDP: $1.4 Trillion (6th)

9. History
The Vikings came to Russia through the trade
routes from Sweden down the Russian rivers,
particularly the Don and the Dnieper, which
led south to the markets of Bulgar, Khazaria,
Byzantium and the Caliphate
When was Russia Formed?
Dissolution of the Soviet Union

10. Alaska and Russia
• In 1867 Russia sold Alaska to the
United States for less than 2 cents an
acre
• Russia and the United States signed
a treaty selling Alaska to the U.S. for
$7.2 million on March 30, 1867.

11. World War 2 still on
• World War II has actually not
completely ended yet
• Due to a dispute over the Kuril
Islands, Russia and Japan still haven't
signed a peace treaty and therefore
they remain at war

13. Major Brand
• Novatek
• Gazprom
• Teremok
• Smirnoff

14. Alcohol consumption and consequences
• Vodka is considered to be the national drink.
• The origin of the word vodka comes from the
Russian “voda” which means water
• On average Russians drink 6.3 shots of liquor
per week while Americans drink 3.3
• Russia ranks #1 in world alcohol spending
• Peter the Great is rumored to have drank a
half a gallon of vodka per day
• Officials believe this is related to Vodka
consumption. The average Russian consumes
18 liters of alcohol annually which is over two
times what experts consider dangerous
• 25% of Russian men die before reaching the
age of 55 compared with only 1% in the
United States
• Twenty percent of Russians die due to
alcohol-related causes, in comparison to 6.2
percent of men globally
• In 1860, vodka was 40 percent of the
government’s revenue
• There are over half a million alcohol related
deaths in Russia every year

15. Traffic and Transport
• Rich people in Moscow buy
ambulances and use them to drive
around because the traffic is so bad
• On average, a Moscow driver spent
127 hours in traffic
• Roughly 9 million people ride the
Moscow metro every day. That is
more than New York and London
combined
• Russia has the world's second-
largest railway network, second only
to that of the United States
• Driving around with a dirty car is a
criminal offense

17. Ploshchad Revolutsii metro station

18. Laika the hound
• 1957
• Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2
• First animal to orbit the Earth
• Did she survive?

20. Crime and Journalism
• 64% of journalist deaths in
Russia since 1992 have been
murders
• Russia is actually rated the 5th
deadliest country on Earth to be
a journalist
• 2 in 3 journalist deaths in Russia
since 1992 have been murders
• Crime rate in Russia is twice as
high as in the United States

21. Places to visit
• Moscow
• Saint Petersburg
• Mount Elbrus
• Valley of Geysers
• Kizhi Island
• Moscow Kremlin
• Hermitage Museum
• Saint Basil's Cathedral

22. Mount Elbrus

23. Valley of Geysers

24. Kizhi Island

25. Moscow Kremlin

26. Hermitage Museum

27. Saint Basil's Cathedral

28. Magnitnaya
• Located in the city of Magnitogorsk
• Made up of Iron
• 7-10 billion pounds of Iron ore

29. Lake Karachay
• World most polluted radioactive lake in the world
• Built in total secrecy between 1945 and 1948
• 1960 dry out
• Recent development
• An hour is enough

31. Lake Baikal
• 20% of world Fresh water
• Oldest and deepest freshwater lake in the world (5000 ft)
• UNESCO world heritage centre (1996)
• 27 islands
• More than half the species found in Lake Baikal are unique to this
place

33. Russian cuisine
• Pelmeni
• Hot and cold soups
• Porridge
• Borsch / Borscht

34. Famous people
• Maria Sharapova
• Roman Abramovich
• Alisher Usmanov
• Vladimir Putin

35. Sports
• Bandy
• Football
• Chess
• Basketball
• Figure Sketting

36. Thank you