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Culture Research Name: Russia

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March 2, 2011

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 * Component:** Social


 * Sub-Component:** Food

//Caviar// (Fish eggs) treat in Russia/Put sour cream on almost everything they eat/Put sour cream on //borsch// (beet soup), //shi// (cabbage soup), and //blini// (pancakes)/families eat soup once a day/Bread is served with almost every meal/Russians eat more rye bread than any other country in the world.
 * Source**: CultureGrams
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Caviar (Fish eggs) is a treat in Russia. Russians put sour cream on almost everything they eat. They like it on their borsch (beet soup), their shi (cabbage soup, and their blini (pancakes) Famalies usually eat soup once a day. Bread is served with almost every meal they eat. Russians eat more rye than anybody else in the world.
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How much is sour cream in Russia?
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It must be really cheap.
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**Component**:Social

**Sub-Component**:Custom


 * Source**: [|CultureGrams]

Russian families watch tv together/weekends in summer, they might go to their //dachas// (country homes) to grow vegtables./Kids help parents pick mushrooms/In countryside, kids can watch tv in the community recreation center called //dvorets kultury// (palace of culture)/Russian kids like to go walk with their friends/like American music. Russian families like to watch TV together. On the weekends in summer, they might go to their //dachas// (country homes) to grow vegatables and relax. Most of the time, kids help their parents pick mushrooms. In the countryside, kids can watch TV in the Community Recreation Center called //dvorets kultury// (palace of culture.) Russian kids like to go on walks with their friends. They also like American movies and music, too. Do Russians like to eat mushrooms? They might.
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** Date: March 4th, 2011 **

==** Keywords (Facts):Soccer favorite sport in Russia/Chess favorite board game/Winter lasts for a long time in Russia, so kids usually play hockey+ice skating/Gymnastics popular sport/Children start playing chess and soccer at young age/ ** ==

==** Sentences:Soccer is a favorite sport in Russia. Chess is one, too. Winter lasts a very long time in Russia, so kids usually play hockey and go ice skating. Gymnastics is a popular sport in Russia. Children start playing soccer and chess when they are very young. ** ==

==** Responses:I think it's because it's far from th equator and it's close to the north. ** ==

==** Source:[|CultureGrams] ** ==

==** Keywords (Facts): The USSR and the US often disagree/Taught citizens to fear each other/World caught under cold war for long time/USSR and US never fought directly/Built nuclear weapons/Afraid of nuclear war/ ** ==

==** Sentences: The USSR and the US often disagreed. They taught their citizens to fear each other. The world caught under Cold War for a long time, but the USSR and US never fought directly. They did build a lot of nuclear weapons. A lot of people were afraid of nuclear war. ** ==

==** Responses: Oh, it's the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ** ==

**Component: Social** **Sub-component: traditions** **Keywords: If someone steps on your foot, yoiu have to step on their foot/You get in fight if don't/** **Sentences: In Russia, if someone steps on your feet accidentally, you have to step on theirs as well. If you don't you will get into a fight.**
 * Date:** March 7, 2011
 * Questions: Why do you need to step on their toes as well?**
 * Responses: This is a weird tradition.**


 * Date:** March 8, 2011
 * Component:** Location
 * Sub-component:**
 * Keywords:** Russia, biggest country/land+climate=very diverse/western russia=covered in forests/northern=covered in //tundra// (not much can grow)/southern=dry, tall grass without trees/uran mountains=divide russia as asian region and europian region/summer in south= hotter than 100F (37C)/winter in north=colder than -100F! (-73C)
 * Sentences:** Russia is the biggest country in the world. The land and climate are very diverse. Western Russia is covered in forests and plants. In northern Russia, it is covered in //tundra// (frozen ground where not much could grow) In southern Russia, there is tall, dry grass without trees. In the summer in the south of Russia, it can reach up to 100F (37C) And in the winter in the north, it can go below -100F! (-73C) The Uran Mountains divide Russia as an Asian region and an European region.
 * Questions:** What does diverse mean?
 * Responses:** I think it means big.

Date: April 12, 2011

 * Conponent:**Social
 * Sub-Component:** Government
 * Notes:** President runs country with prime minister/president has power to appoint prime minister dissolve parliament determine forgein policy/russia parliament: federal assembly=2 houses 168 seat federation council+450 seat State Duma/ Voting age:18/
 * Sentences:** The president runs the country with his prime minister. The president has the power to appoint the prime minister, dissolve parliament, and determine forgein policy. The Russian Federal Assembly has 2 houses, a 168 seat Federation Council, and a 450 seat State Duma. The voting age in Russia is 18 years old.


 * Date:** April 12, 2011
 * Conponent:** Social
 * Sub-Conponent:**Travel
 * Notes**: russians take buses, trains subways trolleys to get around/ Some people own cars, not as much./after school+work= buses and other get so crowded that people get squeezed into every possible space/ subway=kept really clean some decorated as hotel lobbies./


 * Sentences**: A lot of Russians take buses, trains, subways, or trolleys to get around. Some people own cars, but not much. After school or work, people get so crowded that they have to squeeze into any possible space. Subways are kept really clean and some are decorated as hotel lobbies.


 * Date**: April 14th, 2011
 * Component**: Social
 * Source**: Kids Online
 * Subcomponent**: Facts
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