All ABOUT RUSSIA
Russia is the largest state in area extent of 17075,5 thousand sq. km. There are 1030 cities, 2153 settlements of city type (1.1.1983). It is located in the Eastern part of Europe and Northern part of Asia. Russia borders on Korea, Chinese People's Republic, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway. Capital of the state is Moscow...
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An anthem is a ceremonial song accepted as a symbol of state and social unity.
The first official try to make an official russian anthem was in 1833 when Nicolay I ordered a group of poets and composers to compose it. Before ceremonial events were accompanied by church songs and in the time of Peter the Great - by military marches...
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A flag is a cloth of certain color or several colors attached to a staff or a cord and often with an emblem. An official symbol of the goverment which personifies sovereignty of state. Flag description is set in the constitution as a rule...
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The Russian State Emblem is an emblem of the state, city, estate or origin which is painted on flags, coins, presses, state and other official documents.
The two-head eagle appeared as the state emblem in Russia in 1472 by rights of throne-heritage by the way of the marriage of Ivan Vasilevich III and Sofiya Paleolog - niece of the last Byzantine emperator...
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- The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation formed and is being developed as a result of a judicial reform carried out in Russia from the beginning of the 90s with the purpose to create and maintain the judicial power in the state mechanism as an independent branch of power, free from political and ideological bias, independent in its activities from the executive and legislative branches of power...
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The President of the Russian Federation is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
He was elected on March 26, 2000 for 4-year term.
He assumed office on 7th May 2000 (before that - acting as the President since December 31, 1999)...
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- Government of the Russian Federation
List and information of Russian Goverment for today :
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The Security Council of the Russian Federation is the constitutional body, which carries out preparation of decisions of the President of the Russian Federation on the questions of maintenance of security of the vital interests of the person, the society and the state from internal and external threats, realization of the uniform state policy in the field of security...
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Only the court carries out Justice in the Russian Federation. The judicial authority is carried out by means of the constitutional, civil, administrative and criminal legal proceedings. The judicial system of the Russian Federation is established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the federal constitutional law. Creation of emergency courts is not supposed...
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List , information and contact information for Executive Authority of Russian federation . Like Ministry of Justice ,Ministry of Energy ,Ministry of Communications
, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ,Ministry of Nuclear Power and mush
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Council of Federation
The Federation Council is the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly - the Parliament of the Russian Federation, first time elected on December 12, 1993 simultaneously with the adoption of the new Constitution...
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Alphabetical List of Russian Regions with short information.
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Alphabetical List of Russian Cities with short information.
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Alphabetical List of Russian Nations with short info.
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RUSSIAN HISTORY
Peoples exist in historical time and in geographical localization, they are formed in the certain territory in some chronological period; areas of distribution of peoples and borders of the states vary. Both ethnoses and the states are not eternal: they are born and perish, develop and transform in new social communities. So, Russian, Ukrainian and Byelorussian peoples were formed on the basis of east Slavonic superethnos.....
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Minor Moscow Princedom was doomed to head the struggle against The Golden Horde in the middle of XIII century, then, oppose the Lithuanian threat in the Eastern Europe, overcome feudal division of Russia and became a dominant political power. Moscow rise and its gradual transformation into the national center of integration of Russian lands cannot be explained merely by its favourable geographical position. The initial territory of Moscow Princedom was not very large, even after joining of Kolomna and Mozhaisk.... more..
After The Distemper Time - in the beginning of XVII century, Russia survived through the reign of two self-styled Tsars and Polish-Swedish intervention, regained its statehood with a new monarchical dynasty of the Romanovs who came to power in 1613. In the reign of Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov (the second Tsar of the dynasty), in the middle of XVII century, a national liberation war under the command of Bogdan Khmelnitsky was waged in Ukraine against Polish dominion....more..
When analysing a complex, contradictory and dramatic process of drastic transfigurations after October 1917, it is important to realise from the very start, that it's absolutely non-perspective to try to catch real lineament of the process, looking at it through unicolour glasses (of any sort: pink, black etc.) Each revolution demonstrates full assortment of mutually exclusive events, phenomena and tendencies, on the base of which all of the conceivable human virtues and vices are able to flourish....more..
On December 25, 1991 the Supreme Soviet ratified the official name of the Russian state - the Russian Federation. Having received full authority, the Russian government from the first days of 1992 began to realize economic reforms. On January 2 the liberalization of prices was declared, which under conditions of monopolistic character of economy and goods shortage resulted in rapid prices increase and depreciation of money on enterprises' bank accounts and bank deposits of the population with the State Savings Bank.... more..
Chronology of Russian Rulers by Years and names.....more..
List of names and biographies of the famous personalities of Russia of 17th - 20th centur )....more..
List of the Historic Dates and Events of Russian you may need to know....more..
RUSSIAN LITERATURE
About Russian Literature
Russian literature has become an integral part of the world's culture and it has won recognition among the most prominent artists.
The leading role of literature in the cultural life of the Russian people is explained by its origin and the significance acquired from the moment of its rise. The written language and literature were brought into Russia with Christianity. A book appeared in Russia in the form of Holy text that influenced radically the place and the role of literature in the history of Russian culture....
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Ancient Russia literature
This is collection of Russian proverbs and sayings.Some of the use allot till today some you can find in literature:
** Anyone wanting to provide additional proverbs and sayings is invited to do so! **
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"Zadonshchina" is a monument of ancient Russian literature of the end of the ÕIV century. The authorship is attributed to Sofony Ryazanets. The narrative is opposed to "The Word about Igor's Regiment", which described defeat of the Russian armies in the battle with Polovtsy and a brilliant victory of the Russian armed forces led by Moscow prince Dmitry....
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"Travel over three seas' is the ancient Russian work in the style of diary records. The author - Tver merchant Athanasius Nikitin - describes the travel through Derbent and Baku by land to Persia and then to India. Travel lasted from 1466 to 1472. On his way home, not reaching Smolensk, Athanasius Nikitin died....
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The literary hero in the modern sense of the term - that is the character, who has plotline part - is absent in the literature of Ancient Russia. A significant part of the works created in Õ-XVI centuries, in general, is connected with rhetoric - solemn speeches, sermons, homilies, parables; if there is a plot, for instance in biographies, stories about travels, annalistic stories about important historical events - there is no fiction, at least deliberate....
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XVIII century literature
Derzhavin G.R., Fonvizin D.I., Kantemir A.D., Karamzin N.M., Kheraskov M.M., Lomonosov M.V.
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XIX century literature
Chekhov A.P., Dostoevsky F.M., Gogol N.V., Krylov I.A., Lermontov M.Y.
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XX century literature
Aitmatov Ch., Akhmatova A.A., Averchenko A.T., Babel I.E., Bely A.
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Painting
In the history of Russian fine arts one can distinguish two periods. Peter the Great reforms marked the border between them. The difference is extremely deep and concerns the very essence of artistic perception of the world and a human being.
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Paintings Icons
Andrei Rublev, Dionisii, Pskov School, Simon Ushakov, Moscow School.
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Painting XVIII century
Antropov A. P., Borovikovsky V. L., Kozlovsky M. I., Levitsky L. G., Losenko A. P.
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- Painting XIX century
Aivazovsky I. K., Borisov-Musatov V. E., Briullov K. P., Fedotov P. A., Ivanov A. A., Kiprensky O. A.
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- Painting XX century
Arkhipov A. Ye., Bakst L.S., Benois A.N., Eremeyev O. A., Goncharova N.S.
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Art Workers
On the territory of Russia archaeologists found some evidence of people's having dealt with music. Near Voronezh in the dwellings of the Stone Age archaeologists discovered the stones, which were used as some sort of percussion instruments.
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Composers
Alyabiev A. A., Borodin A. P., Chaikovsky P. I., Dargomyzhsky A. S., Glazunov A. K., Glier R. M.
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Musicians
Gerasimov A., Andrey Razin and The Second Approach Project, Bogusevich O., Boiko I., Butman I.
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Singers
F. I. Shalyapin, M. O. Reizen, M. D. Mikhailov, I. S. Kozlovzky, G. P. Vinogradov .
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Film Actors
Nikulin Yu.
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Ballet actors
Plisetkaya M.
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Architecture
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Arts and Crafts
Palekh, Abashevo Penny Whistle, Bogorodskoe Toys, Dymkovo Toys, Easter Eggs.
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