Highlights of Russia
Russia is the largest country in the world (about 17 million square kilometers).
The population of the Russian Federation is 146,880.432 million people. The country is located on two continents: Europe and Asia. The northern borders of Russia lie in the polar zone. In the east, Russia borders with North Korea and China, in the south with the Republic of Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Georgia, in the west with Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, with Latvia and Lithuania. In general, Russia borders states.
Russian border crossings:
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Russia - Norway
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Russia - Finland
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Russia - Estonia
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Russia - Lithuania
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Russia - Latvia
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Russia - Poland
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Russia - Ukraine
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Crimea - Ukraine
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Russia - Georgia / Abkhazia
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Russia - Belarus
Railways:
Railways are an important mode of transport in Russia. The Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok with a length of 9288 kilometers is the longest railway in the world.
Waterways and Ports:
Inland navigation is an important mode of transport for 102,000 kilometers of waterways. Waterways in the European part of Russia connect the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the White Sea and inland lakes. The largest ports are Vladivostok (Pacific Ocean), St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad (Baltic Sea), Murmansk, Arkhangelsk (Arctic Ocean), as well as Sevastopol, Novorossiysk and Sochi (Black Sea).
Airports
In total, there are 143 airports in Russia. The largest of them are in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk.
National Russian food:
Appetizers: It can be a salad, pickled fish, sausage or stuffed eggs.
Borsch (soup): The basis is beef broth with beets and cabbage. Dressed with sour cream.
Solyanka (soup): Made from cabbage, sour cream and cucumber. Ingredients can be meat, fish or mushrooms. Common to all are sour pickled vegetables.
Schi (soup): Cabbage soup with the main ingredient – fresh cabbage or sauerkraut. Sometimes it also contains meat.
Dumplings: can be eaten as a filling for soup or fried with sour cream.
Patties (pockets with various fillings): baked or fried. Cottage cheese, mushrooms, cabbage, potatoes or minced meat can be used as a filling.
Religion in Russia: Russian Orthodox Church, Islam, Buddhism, Protestant Churches, Roman Catholic Church, Old Believers, Judaism, ethnic religions.
The nature of Russia is very beautiful: blue rivers, wide fields and meadows with high grass, mountains with white snow crowns and large lakes. People of different nationalities with their own language and culture love in Russia – Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Belorussians and others.
Russia gave the world many outstanding artists, writers, poets and composers. The names of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov are known all over the world, their works have been translated into many languages of the world.
The capital of the country is Moscow. The official language is Russian, and the national currency is the Russian ruble.
Emergency numbers:
General emergency / police call: 112 or 02
Fire brigade: 112 or 01.
General emergency call: 112 or 03
Appetizers: It can be a salad, pickled fish, sausage or stuffed eggs.
Borsch (soup): The basis is beef broth with beets and cabbage. Dressed with sour cream.
Solyanka (soup): Made from cabbage, sour cream and cucumber. Ingredients can be meat, fish or mushrooms. Common to all are sour pickled vegetables.
Schi (soup): Cabbage soup with the main ingredient – fresh cabbage or sauerkraut. Sometimes it also contains meat.
Dumplings: can be eaten as a filling for soup or fried with sour cream.
Patties (pockets with various fillings): baked or fried. Cottage cheese, mushrooms, cabbage, potatoes or minced meat can be used as a filling.
Religion in Russia: Russian Orthodox Church, Islam, Buddhism, Protestant Churches, Roman Catholic Church, Old Believers, Judaism, ethnic religions.
The nature of Russia is very beautiful: blue rivers, wide fields and meadows with high grass, mountains with white snow crowns and large lakes. People of different nationalities with their own language and culture love in Russia – Russians, Tatars, Ukrainians, Chuvash, Bashkirs, Belorussians and others.
Russia gave the world many outstanding artists, writers, poets and composers. The names of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov are known all over the world, their works have been translated into many languages of the world.
The capital of the country is Moscow. The official language is Russian, and the national currency is the Russian ruble.
Emergency numbers:
General emergency / police call: 112 or 02
Fire brigade: 112 or 01.
General emergency call: 112 or 03