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