Russia also is known as the Russian Federation is the biggest country in eastern Europe and North Asia. People identified themselves ethnically as Russians were
politically and culturally dominant in a vast area during the five hundred
years of imperial Tsarist and Soviet expansion. Despite the suppression of
their cultural autonomy, minority cultures survived in the Russian Federation Ukraine and Byelorussia
Religion
Religious views although prince Vladimir converted Eastern Slavs to Orthodox Christianity in 988, pre-Christian polytheism existed among humans with Christian practices and beliefs for hundreds of years. Many animist elements, rituals, and festivals associated with the agricultural calendar have been preserved. Christian practices such as the curative use of the "holy water" of a church are structured according to pre-Christian customs. Churches were often built in ancient sacred places. Traditional related beliefs about the forest and internal spirits and metaphysical healing practices still exist among urbanized intellectuals and urbanized classes, especially among the rural population. A series of behavioral prohibitions are the result of ancient beliefs: the whistle in the invocation of misfortune and evil spirits is designed to show or draw attention to happiness or health. Telling people that they have a beautiful child can cause discomfort and avoid the evil eye.
Geographical Information
The Russian Federation Ukraine and Belarus Murmansk on the Kola
Peninsula and Norilsk in Siberia .
The Great Plains are divided by six ecological bands. In the
north-east, above the Arctic Circle , there is
a large zone of frozen tundra, sometimes marshy, an almost uninhabited area
where much of the country is permanently frozen and grows little, but foam and
bushes. Among them is the taiga, a vast area of coniferous forests that
gradually joins a group of mixed conifers and hardwood forests to cover half of
the country. The capital, Moscow Russia Volga Basin in Central Asia .
Nationality
Ethnic Relations
Interethnic relations are full of tensions
that arose during centuries of Russian and Soviet colonial rule and were
activated after the collapse of the Soviet state. Most conflicts are
multidimensional and include struggles for political control, rights over
natural resources, migration and resettlement, and the resurgence of national
or ethnic cultures, religions, languages , and identities. Soviet policy, which
imposed the use of the Russian language in all villages, has dramatically
altered the livelihoods and lifestyles of tens of millions of people, forcibly
displacing entire population groups (such as Crimean Tatars and Turkish
Meskettians), deployed elites and political leaders of Russian ethnic groups.
The regions of Russia
Russian foods
Daily food in Russia, the most common food is bread. Potatoes, cabbage,
carrots, and turnips are standard vegetables; Potatoes are a staple. Onions and
garlic are generously used, especially in soups, stews, and salads. Russians generally like meat. Hunger means not having bread,
while poverty means living without the hard sausages of Kielbasa. Sausages,
pork, veal, lamb, chicken, and dried or salted fish are common and relatively
cheap. Only a few can afford to buy specialties such as veal, duck, sturgeon, and salmon. Traditional aristocratic food included sophisticated meals, many of
which are popular among the newly rich classes.
Every people like their breakfast is a quick snack of coffee or tea
with bread and sausage or cheese. Lunch is a hot meal with soup, potatoes,
macaroni, kasha rice or buckwheat, minced meat, peas or grated cabbage. This
meal can be taken at noon or after returning from work in a cafeteria at work.
A dinner later can consist of boiled potatoes, sauerkraut, and bread or simply
bread and sausages.
People eat a wide range of dairy products such as Tvorog, a
kind of cottage cheese, slightly acidic milk. These items can be
purchased at department stores or private farmer's markets or can be
manufactured at home. In provincial towns, unpasteurized milk is sold in tanker
trucks, although bottles and cartons of pasteurized milk are widely available,
as is sour cream. Hard and soft cheeses are also popular.
Marriage and family relationship
The wedding. Romantic love is considered the only acceptable
motivation for marriage, and there is a long tradition in literature, poetry,
and song to idealize the passion of the lover, usually with tragic overtones,
although obscene approaches of the subject are also popular. The current
practice also highlights more pragmatic and cynical aspects of marital relationships,
such as improving the economic situation or housing prospects. People often
meet with partners at school, university or work, although clubs and clubs have
become popular meeting places in cities. Pre-marital sex is generally accepted
and unplanned pregnancy marriages are not uncommon. Since the 1930s, the
average age of marriage is 23 years old. Coexistence is tolerated, but legal
marriages are preferred. Although economic uncertainty has caused many people
to marry later or never, 97% of adults marry at age 40, and most marry for up
to thirty years. About half of all marriages end in divorce. Economic
difficulties and alcohol abuse are the main factors. Mixed ethnic marriages
were common during the Soviet era, and most people have at least one ancestor
of a different nationality.
