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Specialty drink Gervais ( Made by fermenting breadcrumbs or corn. Belongs to the Russian drink) is available in large supermarkets Originally from Russia

Because the Russians did not move to China for a long time, many of them still have their own friends and relatives in the former Soviet Union. After the founding of New China, the relationship between them was restored, and many of them asked to return to their hometowns to reunite with their loved ones. 50's, the Chinese and Soviet governments agreed to help them move back to their hometowns one after another. In addition, some of the Russians moved to Australia and Canada, where they also have relatives, so the number of Russians in our country is already small.

Socio-Economic

Before 1949, most of the ethnic Russian people living in the towns were engaged in various kinds of repairs, transportation and handicrafts. Some also practiced agriculture on the side. Some specialized in horticulture, livestock breeding and beekeeping. Most of the ethnic Russian people in the countryside lived in clusters of ten households, which became a village on their own. They cultivate land on the barren grasslands on both sides of the Ili and Tekes Rivers. Those who live close to pastoral places also engage in animal husbandry. They were y oppressed by successive reactionary governments. Such as the Russian village in Tekes County, is the Russian people after many years of hard labor to build up . But then the Kuomintang warlords occupied their land, forcing them to move to another place of residence, reclamation and living.

After the liberation, the Russians enjoyed full democratic rights as did people of all ethnic groups. There were representatives of the Russians in all the sessions of the People's Congresses of the whole country and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The ethnic Russian people have actively participated in democratic reform, socialist transformation and socialist construction. Through labor and employment, most of the urban residents have become workers on various fronts in industry and commerce, finance and trade, and health. Some ethnic Russians in the Hulunbeier League of Inner Mongolia have joined local state farms and become agricultural workers. Their living standards have improved significantly.

Culture and Art

Russian literature occupies an important position in world culture, and its main source is the oral literary heritage left by the ancestors of the Russians for their descendants, such as the long epic poems glorifying the warriors, nursery rhymes, proverbs and so on. Especially at the beginning of the 19th century, the Russian literary heritage had a certain influence on the culture of the ethnic Russians in our country.

Customs

The living customs of ethnic Russians in China are basically the same as those of Russians in the former Soviet Union. For ethnic Russian women, they wear a coarse cloth blouse over a sleeveless, high-waisted, button-down robe, and a long, woolen skirt underneath. Men's undergarments are shirts with slanting collars (knee-length) and thin-legged pants, and they wear tweed hats or fur hats with earmuffs. On New Year's Day, the colors of the flowers are brighter. In spring and fall, they wore tweed robes, and in winter, they wore short sheepskin jackets or leather coats. In summer, farmers also wear a kind of birch or willow bark strips woven into simple shoes (similar to straw shoes), winter felt boots or fur shoes. Unmarried girls wear their hair in braids, and are fond of wearing colorful square headscarves, earrings and other accessories. Nowadays, most Russian men and women prefer to wear modern clothes.

Homes are mostly made of earth and wood, with roofs covered with straw, earth walls surrounding the yard, trees and plants planted in the front yard, animal pens erected in the back yard, storehouses built and cellars dug. There are good hygiene habits, the house is very neat.

In terms of diet, the Russians are mainly pasta. Bread, naan, all kinds of pies and other staple foods. Generally three meals a day, Chinese food is plentiful, morning and evening simple. They also love to eat cucumbers, tomatoes and other fresh and nutritious raw vegetables, love to drink white wine, beer. In addition, there is a kind of low drink called "Kvass" is also the Russians like. Donkey and horse meat are forbidden, and some do not eat pig and dog meat.

In the marriage customs, the Russians advocate free love, freedom of marriage, but pay attention to the family, to get married with the consent of parents. With other ethnic groups can be intermarried. The wedding ceremony is solemn and cumbersome. Wedding to be held in the church, by the priest for them to read prayers, sing hymns, exchange wedding rings. Then they are taken back to the groom's home and celebrated with a banquet. Nowadays, Russian weddings in China have diversified and are moving towards a simpler and more meaningful approach.

In the past, when ethnic Russians died, they were to be parked on a stool, with their heads facing an icon and their feet facing the door, and buried a day or two later. At the funeral, the coffin could not go out through the front door, but had to be carried out through the back door or window. Most burials are carried out in the earth, with a cross on the grave, and mourning ceremonies are held on the 12th, 20th, 40th and anniversary of the death of a loved one. Nowadays, when an ethnic Russian dies, a memorial service is usually held in his honor. Townspeople have mostly switched to cremation.

The Russians are very polite, meet to greet. Or bow and salute, shake hands. In socializing, kissing etiquette is also more prevalent. To the Russian family as a guest, to knock on the door first, into the house to take off their hats, sit on the seat given by the host, can not sit on the bed. When giving cigarettes, one must not give one alone, but the box, and when lighting cigarettes, one must not light a match to three people's cigarettes: when smoking and borrowing fire, one must not take the other person's cigarettes. Women must wear a headscarf in front of elders or guests as a sign of respect. The grandest traditional courtesy is to greet guests with bread and salt to symbolize goodwill and friendship. Guests must use a knife to cut off a piece of bread dipped in a little salt to eat before entering the house, which used to be used to welcome brides and VIPs, and is now also used for general social occasions. Eaten with a knife, and, spoon shall not be placed on the tablecloth, to ride on the edge of the plate. Russians avoid sending yellow gifts, that yellow indicates disloyalty, blue represents friendship.

Religion and important festivals

Russians initially believed in polytheism (animism), in modern times, they converted to Orthodox Christianity. After the liberation of China, the country practiced the policy of freedom of religious belief. Most of the Russians in China believe in Orthodox Christianity, some believe in Christianity, and more and more people do not believe in religion. The Orthodox Church differs from the Catholic Church in that it does not recognize that the Pope has a higher status and authority than other bishops. It advocates that all clergy other than bishops may marry. The main festivals are Easter, Christmas and Baptism. Orthodox Christmas begins on January 7, for ***3 days.