The ruble is the currency of the Russian Federation

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The ruble is the currency of the Russian
Federation
Russia, the largest country in the world, It
stretches over 6,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to
the North Pacific.
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The Kremlin
Moscow is the capital and largest city in
Russia. The Kremlin is the center of
government.
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St. Basils Cathedral

• St. Basils Cathedral is a beautiful building in
  Moscows Red Square.
• Because of its many towers it almost looks like a
  fairy-tale castle or gingerbread house.
• The onion dome shape is found often in Russian
  church architecture.

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• Lake Baykal
• It is almost the deepest
• lake in the world.
• It is 6,365 feet deep.

Caspian Sea

• It has characteristics common to both seas and
  lakes.
• It is not freshwater.
• It is one of the world's smallest seas
• It is also one of the worlds largest lakes.
• It is 152,085 square feet.

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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich (1840-1893)

• 1st Russian composer to gain world wide honors.
• He wrote symphonies, operas, piano solos, and
  ballets.
• He is best known for his ballets Nutcracker,
  Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.

Famous theater located in Moscow. It has
produced some of the worlds greatest dancers It
is known as one of the worlds greatest ballet
companies.
The Bolshoi Theatre
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Count in Russian
Matryoshka- (ma-tree-OSH-ka)
1 ah-DEEN 2. dva 3 tree 4 chih TEE - reh 5
pyaht 6 shayst 7 seeaym 8 VO - seeaym 9
DTEH-veht 10 DTEH-seht

• A popular toy in Russia is a nesting doll called
  Matryoshka.
• The grandfathers carved them out of wood for the
  grandmothers or babushkas to use to tell stories
  to their grandchildren.

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Baba Yaga
Patricia Polacco Famous author and Illustrator
from Russia.

• Russian children enjoy stories.
• A familiar character in many Russian folktale is
  a witch called Baba Yaga.

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Fabergé Eggs Long ago, the Russian empire was
ruled by a succession of czars. During this time
it was a tradition to give special eggs as gifts.
A Jeweler named Peter Fabergé created beautiful
eggs for the czars to give to their wives and
mothers. The eggs, were decorated with gold,
silver, and gemstones. Only 43 of the original 53
eggs still exist today, each valued at over a
million dollars!!
                                     
                                     
PYSANKA-The Traditional Ukrainian Easter Egg
These are a traditional craft in Ukraine, with a
history of thousands of years. Patterns are
drawn on the egg with wax, which then protects
the covered areas from the dye. By repeating this
process with different colors of dye, a
multi-colored pattern is built up. Finally, the
wax is removed to reveal the colors that were
covered up at each stage.