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Friday, 1 October 2021

Day 1 Russia

Welcome to Russia

DateSunday 19th September 2021

On the first day we went to Russia! We watched a documentary about the animals in Russia  it was great !

About Russia

Offical Language: Russian
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Fun Facts

  • Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space.

  • Russia is the largest country in the world and bigger than Pluto.

  • Russia has 11 time zones.

  • The Russian olympians were late for the 1908 olympics in London! They were late because they used the Julian calendar and the olympics used the Gregorian calendar!

Words we learnt

Good morning ; Добрый день

Counting to 5: 
  1. Один Odin
  2. два dva
  3. три tri
  4. четыре chetyre
  5. пять pyat' 

Food we ate


Russian honey cake and Moscow Mule

https://smittenkitchen.com/2016/10/russian-honey-cake/



Piroshki (Recipe: https://valentinascorner.com/cabbage-piroshky-recipe/)





Beef Stroganoff https://www.recipetineats.com/beef-stroganoff/




And caviar and vodka for mum and dad !


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