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History and Culture of Russia

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Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin was a Russian politician who became President in 1990. In 1991 he became the first popularly elected leader in the country's history, guiding Russia through a stormy decade of political and economic retrenching until his resignation on the eve of 2000. But on April 23, 2007, Yeltsin surprisingly died from heart failure.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9077917/Boris-Yeltsin

Government

In Russia, their type of government is a Federation. Russia got their independence from the Soviet Union on August 23, 1991. Their constitution was adopted on December 12, 1993. Also, the legal voting age in Russia is 18, which is universal.

The President of Russia is President Vladimir Putin.
He became Acting President of Russia on December 31, 1999, succeeding Boris Yeltsin, and was sworn in as President following the elections on May 7, 2000. In 2004, he was re-elected for a second term until his term ends in 2008.

Population

The total population if Russia is roughly 147.5 million people. Around 3/4 of the country live in the European Part and 1/4 lives in the Asian Part of Russia.

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Facts About Russia

Russia is the largest country in the world. Ural mountains divide Eurasian continent - and Russia - to Europe and Asia. One fourth of Russian territory lies in Europe, the other part lies in Asia. Russia’s taking the area of 17.1 million square kilometers - it’s like USA and Europe together and the country is 9000 kilometers from east to west and 5000 from north to south. The capital of Russia is Moscow and the second largest city is St. Petersburg

Traditions

Russian nesting dolls or matryoshka as it is sounded in Russian is probably, the most popular Russian national souvenir














These Russian hats ar every popular in Russia. They are worn sometimes by the military or when it is very cold.

Anna Kournikova

Anna Kournikova was born on June 7, 1981, and is a professional tennis player. She is one of the most well known Russians and also, one of the best looking at what she does. She was voted the hottest professional tennis player in history. She turned pro at age 15, which is very young to turn professional.

Extra videos

Vladimir Putin kisses a child on his stomach
http://thatvideosite.com/video/2864

Russian free running
http://thatvideosite.com/video/2999