1. WHAT SHOULD TOURIST KNOW ABOUT RUSSIA? Course: Presentation Techniques Prof: R.Horak Date: 17.10.2014 By: Daria Chizhova

2. Table of Content This is Russia! (entertainment) Big Russia! (Facts you may not have known) Tasty Russia! Beautiful Russia! Tips for tourists Quiz!

3. This is Russia!

4. Big Russia! (I) Official name - The Russian Federation Capital city - Moscow Official Language Russian Total area - 17,098,242 sq km Population - 142,500,482 million

5. Really Big Russia! (II) Ethnic Russian Orthodox Slavic Over 160 ethnic groups! Tatars and Bashkirs Turkic Muslim Buryats and Kalmyks Buddhist Caucas Highlanders North and Siberia Shamanistic

6. Tasty Russia! Long-lasting cold winter! The food should give us much energy More carbohydrates and fat rather than proteins Top five components: potatoes bread eggs meat (especially beef) butter

7. Beautiful Russia

8. Tips for Tourists (I) Shops are open 24/7 Tips in restaurants are about 10% of the bill Dont drink tap water! Car traffic is awful in Moscow, but Subway ticket 30 Roubles Check for National Holidays, they last forever!!! Internet access is available almost everywhere

9. Tips for Tourists (II) Golden Ring What to visit? Moscow Saint- Petersburg Lake Baikal Ural and Siberia Crimea

10. Little quiz True or False based on your intuition for Russian superstition! 1. It is considered good luck to shake hands over the threshold of the doorstep 2. When taking flowers as a gift you must only take an odd number 3. If you leave something behind in Russia it means you're coming back

11. The End! Thanks for Your attention!