THIRD TEST

COUNTRY: Russia

CAPITAL CITY: Moscow

LANGUAGE: Russian is the official language of Russia

INHABITANTS: The population of Russia is 141927297

CURRENCY: The basic unit of the Russian currency is the ruble.

3 BIGGEST CITIES:  Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk

TYPICAL DISH: Botvinya is one of the most typical of traditional cold Russian soups. The name of the soup comes from the Russian word botva, which means "leafy tops of root vegetables", and the ingredients are in line with the name: leafy tops of young beet, sorrel, green onions, dill, cucumbers, and two types of kvass, then some mustard, garlic, and horseradish as spices. The vegetables are rubbed through a sieve and kvass is poured over

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TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: They have a Federal Republic, which means that Russia has a federation of states with a Republican form of Government.

PRESIDENT’S NAME: Dimitry Anatolyevich Medvedev

MAIN RELIGION: Orthodox Christianity is Russia's traditional and largest religion

4 BASIC EXPRESSIONS:

Hi!: privEt

Good Morning! dObraye Utra

Good Evening! dObriy dEn/ vEcher

 Welcome!:  dabrO pazhAlavat’

3 ARTISTS (writers, painters, etc):

Akhmatova Anna who  is poet. Baryshnikov Mikhail who is a ballet dancer and actor and Kandinsky Vassily who is a famous painter.

3 MOST TOURISTIC PLACES: Without taking a step, there is the Kremlin, St. Basil's Cathedral and Lenin's tomb all within a few hundred metres of each other in Moscows Red Square