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RUSSIA

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Saint Petersburg is often described as the most Westernized city of Russia, as well as its cultural capital.	Vladimir Suzdal Museum. The Suzdal Kremlin is the oldest part of the Russian city of Suzdal, dating from the 10th century. Like other Russian Kremlins, it was originally a fortress or citadel and was the religious and administrative center of the city. It is most notably the site of the Cathedral of the Nativity.	Moscow is situated on the Moskva River in the Central Federal District of European Russia making it the world's most populated inland city.
Boyd Hill Nature Park	Catherine palace. The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia hired German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure.	Neva River. The Neva is the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. It flows through the city of Saint Petersburg, three smaller towns of Shlisselburg, Kirovsk and Otradnoye, and dozens of settlements. The river is navigable throughout and is part of the Volga–Baltic Waterway and White Sea – Baltic Canal. It is a site of numerous major historical events, including the Battle of the Neva in 1240 which gave Alexander Nevsky his name, the founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, and the Siege of Leningra
Shuvalovka. On the territory of the Russian village «Shuvalovka» placed a unique complex of buildings, made in the traditions of Russian wooden architecture of the XVIII and XIX centuries.	Welcome to the Russian village «Shuvalovka»	Penaty Estate Museum of Ilya Repin. This house in the seaside suburban named after him was the home of Ilya Repin, the great naturalist painter, for 30 years. It contains 600 of his works, as well as ancient film reel of the artist.
Usadba Zaeca	Neva River. is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland.

People and music

Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic director of the Mariinsky Theatre, principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg.	Elizaveta Boyarskaya is a Russian actress.	Alexey Arkhipovsky is a modern-day Russian balalaika player.
Nikita Mikhalkov is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union.	Evgenia Obraztsova is a Russian ballerina who dances as Prima ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, and with the Mariinsky Ballet as well.	Alexei Zimin: "People are getting really sophisticated when it comes to food,"
Julia Novikova is a Russian coloratura soprano opera singer. She was born in Leningrad, Russia, in 1983. As a child her parents took her to see performances at Mariinsky Theatre.In 2006 she graduated from Saint Petersburg Conservatory after studying opera singing under Professor Olga Kondina.	Ivan Urgant is a Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician. Since 2012, he has hosted Evening Urgant, Russia's first Western-style late-night talk show.	Kseniya Rappoport is a Russian actress.
Leonid Parfyonov is a Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows.	Diana Vishneva is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a principal dancer with both the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Ballet) and the American Ballet Theatre.	Machine Vremeni is a Russian rock band founded in 1969. Mashina Vremeni was a pioneer of Soviet rock music, and remains one of the oldest still active rock bands in Russia. The band's music incorporates elements of classic rock, blues, and Russian folk music.
Vasily Petrenko is a Russian conductor	Konstantin Khabensky is a Russian actor best known in the West for starring in the films Night Watch and Day Watch as the lead character Anton Gorodetsky.	Russian Horn Capella
Vitaly Pushnitsky is a Russian artist based in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He is internationally recognized as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and as a creator of installations, art objects and multimedia. He is considered one of Russia's leading contemporary artists.	Male choir of St. Petersburg	The Russian Vocal Ensemble of St. Petersburg
Eduard Artemiev is a Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia he is mostly known for his soundtracks for films such as Solaris, Siberiade, Stalker and Burnt by the Sun.	Alexander Rosenbaum is a Soviet and Russian bard from Saint Petersburg. He is best known as an interpreter of the blatnaya pesnya (criminal song) genre. Modern singers in this genre, such as Mikhail Shufutinsky often sing Rosenbaum's songs.

FOOD, DRINKS AND RESTAURANTS:

Okroshka is a cold soup of Russian origin.	Kotlety	Botvinya. Traditional cold summertime soups of Russian cuisine.
Arkady Novikov is the first Russian known entrepreneur restaurateur.	Shashlyk was originally made of lamb. Nowadays it is also made of pork or beef depending on local preferences and religious observances. The skewers are either threaded with meat only, or with alternating pieces of meat, fat, and vegetables, such as bell pepper, onion, mushroom and tomato.	Ukha is a clear Russian soup, made from various types of fish such as bream, wels catfish, or even ruffe. It usually contains root vegetables, parsley root, leek, potato, bay leaf, dill, tarragon, and green parsley, and is spiced with black pepper, saffron, nutmeg, and fennel seed. Fish such as perch, tenches, sheatfish, and burbot are sometimes used to add flavour to the soup.
Pelmeni. One theory suggests pelmeni, or stuffed boiled dumplings in general, originated in Siberia, possibly a simplified adaptation of the Chinese Wonton. Pelmeni are particularly good means of quickly preserving meat during long Siberian winter, especially eliminating the need to feed livestock during the long winter months.	Kholodets is a dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatin made from a meat stock or consommé.	Sbiten is a hot winter Russian traditional drink.
Olivier salad. The original version of the salad was invented in the 1860s by a Russian chef of Belgian origin, Lucien Olivier, the chef of the Hermitage, one of Moscow's most celebrated restaurants. Olivier's salad quickly became immensely popular with Hermitage regulars, and became the restaurant's signature dish.	Seld Pod Shuboi is a layered salad composed of diced salted herring covered with layers of grated boiled vegetables (potatoes, carrots, beet roots), chopped onions, and mayonnaise.	Šči. Russian Sauerkraut Soup
is a Russian dish of sautéed pieces of beef served in a sauce with smetana (sour cream). From its origins in mid-19th-century Russia, it has become popular around the world, with considerable variation from the original recipe.	Syrniki are fried quark pancakes, garnished with sour cream, varenye, jam, honey or apple sauce. The cheese mixture may contain raisins for extra flavour.	Vodka is a distilled beverage composed primarily of water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of impurities and flavorings. Traditionally, vodka is made by the distillation of fermented cereal grains or potatoes, though some modern brands use other substances, such as fruits or sugar.
Russian pancakes	Russian Maslenitsa festival. It’s all about the food, really. The Russians love their borscht and their blinis, which are basically pancakes with twice as much butter, and you’re unlikely to have a better chance to load up on caviar.

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