I. Geographic location

Russia is located in the northern part of the Eurasian continent, spanning the two continents of Europe and Asia, with a land area of 17,075,400 square kilometers, which is the largest country in the world. From the map, Russia is located in the latitude span is relatively large, the north and south across the 30 degrees of latitude, and east and west on the longitude is across the 150 degrees. To the south, Russia is bordered by China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and to the west by Finland and Ukraine. In terms of terrain, Russia has a lot of plains and plateaus.

Russia is a country spanning two continents, Europe and Asia, is located in the eastern part of Europe and the northern part of the Asian continent, most of its European territory is the East European Plain. North of the Arctic Ocean, east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, northwest of the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland. Russia's latitude and longitude position is located in 30 ° ~ 180 ° E, 50 ° ~ 80 ° N.

Two, customs

1, social etiquette in interpersonal communication, the Russians have always been warm, bold, brave, and straight and known in the world. In social occasions, the Russians are accustomed to and the first meeting of people to shake hands. But for familiar people, especially in the long goodbye, they are mostly to warmly embrace each other.

When welcoming a guest of honor, it is common for Russians to offer them "bread and salt". This is a very high courtesy, and the guest must accept it with pleasure. In terms of address, in formal occasions, they also use "Mr.", "Miss", "Mrs." and so on. In Russia, people attach great importance to the social status of people. Therefore, it is better to address a person by his/her position, academic rank or military rank.

In accordance with Russian folklore, when addressing Russians by name, different methods are used depending on the relationship between them. Only when dealing with a person for the first time, or in a very formal situation, it is necessary to refer to the Russians by the three parts of the name together.

2, dress etiquette in Russia, most pay attention to the instrument, pay attention to dress. In the Russian folk, married women must wear a headscarf, and mainly white; unmarried girls do not wear a headscarf, but often wear a hat. In the city, Russia is currently wearing a suit or skirt, Russian women often have to wear a dress. When visiting Russians, please remove your coat, gloves and hat and take off your sunglasses as soon as you enter. This is a courtesy.

3, dining etiquette in the eating habits, the Russians pay attention to the amount of affordable, oil, thick flavor. They like sour, spicy, salty, favor fried, fried, baked, fried food, especially love to eat cold dishes. Generally speaking, their food in the production of some rough. Generally speaking, Russia is a pasta-based country, and they love to eat black bread baked with rye. In addition to black bread, the Russians are famous for specialties such as caviar, pickles, sour milk, and so on.

When eating fruits, they do not peel them. In terms of beverages, the Russians are very capable of drinking cold drinks. With the country's characteristic spirits vodka, is their favorite drink. In addition, they also like to drink a kind of drink called "Gervais". When eating, Russians mostly use knives and forks. They avoid making noise at meals and cannot drink tea directly from a spoon or let it stand upright in a cup. Usually, they eat from plates, not bowls. When attending a Russian banquet, it is advisable to praise their dishes and try to eat as much as possible, and Russians put their hands on their throats, which generally indicates that they have eaten enough.

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Russia's climate

Most of the country is in the north temperate zone, with a variety of climates, predominantly temperate continental climate, but north of the Arctic Circle belongs to the frigid climate. The temperature difference is generally large, the average temperature in January is -18 ℃ ~ -10 ℃ , the average temperature in July is 11-27 ℃. The average annual precipitation is 150-1000 millimeters. Siberia is a high latitude, winter is cold and long, but the summer sunshine time is long, the temperature and humidity is suitable for the growth of coniferous forests.

The village of Oymyakon in northeastern Russia is one of the coldest settlements in the world, with an average temperature of -50 degrees Celsius in January and an all-time low of -71.2 degrees Celsius.

The continental climate gradually intensifies from west to east; the Arctic Ocean coast has a tundra climate (frigid climate) or (polar climate), and the Pacific coast has a temperate monsoon climate. From north to south they are polar desert, tundra, forest tundra, forest, forest steppe, steppe zone and semi-desert zone.

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