Welcome to Russia Egor Kurenkov Places of

Welcome to Russia! Egor Kurenkov

Places of interest in Russia. I will tell you about interesting places in Russia is rich in its beauty and natural wealth, and I can not silent about several of them.

Lake Baikal is a amazing beauty lake and unique creation of nature. Baikal is situated almost in the center of Eurasia, among the high ridges of the Baikal mountain region. Lake Baikal is the oldest lake has on our planet, its age is 2030 million years according to various estimates. Baikal attracts an increasing number of tourists every year.

Red Square. Location of Red Square defined during the reign of Ivan III , after the construction of the Kremlin rebuilt. In the 16 th century the area consisted of three virtually autonomous parts. Between these parts of the square were shops and churches. Today, Red Square is a favorite spot among tourists from other cities of Russia and foreigners. After all, it is called red not because of the color of the walls of the Kremlin, and due to the fact that the earlier word Red means beautiful.

Svetloyar is one of the most legendary and mysterious lakes in Russia: scientists have not reached a consensus as to its origin. The peculiarity of the lake Svetloyar is that its water remains clean and overgrown with slime, no matter how many people swim in the lake. Moreover, the water from Svetloyar can be stored for many years in the vessel without loosing purity, transparency and palatability

Kungur Ice Cave. Kungur Ice Cave - one of the largest karst caves in the world and one of the most popular attractions of the Urals. Cave situaited in the Perm region, on the right bank of the river on the outskirts of Sylva Kungur Filippovka in the village, 100 km from Perm. The length of the cave is about 5, 700 meters, of which 1. 5 km is equipped for visitors.

Interesting facts about Russia.

In Russian history Monomakh is known primarily as a "collector of Russian lands. " He was able to restore the autocratic monarchy times of Yaroslav the Wise. By 1113 he was attached to his possessions, he inherited by inheritance, the land of the dead Svjatopolka thus bringing together at least three quarters of Russia. And these possessions were solid territory. And although the slightest attempt to sow discord between the princes firebrand could forfeit his head, that such methods allow Russia to be united and strong state, capable to resist external enemies.

Napoleon made the story about impenetrable walls of Smolensk. The story of the impenetrable walls of Smolensk Napoleon takes a whole page. From the description of the beautiful view of the city, Napoleon refers to senseless attempts to capture him, "I have used all the artillery reserve breached in the curtain, but in vain - our core stuck in extremely thick walls, there is no activity. Only one way you can make a break: direct all our fire against the two round towers, but the difference in the thickness of the walls was not known to us.

This discovery took a long time: from the chronicles it was known that in Russia written on birch bark, sometimes archaeologists found tools, which he wrote, but assumed it hairpins or nails. People looking birch bark at Novgorod, but began the Great Patriotic War, and the search stopped. Only in 1951 people found in the Nerevskom a "birch bark № 1» . By the time we found more than a thousand letters, and even birch bark one icon. Residents Novgorod find them in paving communications and fragment "Diplomas № 612» born in Novgorod Shuttles found in its own flowerpot transplantation colors! Now it is known letters from different parts of Russia, as well as Belarus and Ukraine. These are official documents, lists, training exercises, pictures, personal notes containing a very different vocabulary - from love to the obscene.

Russian cuisine is famous for its great variety of dishes, to invent the Russian people for centuries. In the old days, European citizens have no interest to the traditions of Russian. But in spite of this attitude, Russian cuisine continued to evolve, invented new recipes, adopted the experience of other countries and applied it in the preparation of their dishes. In just a few decades, Russian cuisine is not caused by lack of interest and popularity among European gourmets, attracting them with the variety and splendor of taste. It should be noted that in the old days Russian cuisine were simple and monotonous. When he haved a large number of different names, they differed in the preparation of only a few components, mainly, it was the oil or spices. Tables were divided into lean (which includes mushrooms, fish, vegetables) and modest (meat, milk, eggs). This innovation led to the invention of new recipes, many of which have become national.

Russian national dress is characterized by a special hidden content patriotism, love of life, the power of the spirit. Can not describe the outfit is quite difficult, as the national dress of the Russian people was different, depending on the financial situation, social status. In other words, there are two types of suits - urban and peasant. Of course, they differ from each other not only material costs but also the elements, decorations, ornaments. Russian national women's clothing is the first association a long red sundress or a dress without sleeves free breed. Under a sundress girl dress shirt, preferably white, decorated with embroidery, fringe, pearls. They fastened by over the dress a belt, black, red, sometimes colorful - strict framework here. Also, a set of complementary apron. It sundresses gained attention both rural and urban women.

Men's Russian national clothes it is undershirt as the main attribute, and after shoes, boots, jackets, shelters, shushuny, ispodki, Volosyanka and more. The difference in the cut, pattern, colors of clothing depended on the geographic location, the influence of foreign neighbors, their culture, climatic conditions, the level of development (material and cultural). Given these factors, characterization is performed Russian national clothes on regions and periods.