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By Kerry Arcon. Christmas in Russia. This is the Russia flag. the Russian Christmas tree. In Russia they speak Russian. This is How to say merry Christmas in Russian. the population of Russia. There are 143.5 million people living in Russia by 2010.
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the population of Russia There are 143.5 million people living in Russia by 2010
This is when they celebrated Christmas in Russia Christmas is celebrated normally on the January 7th. A lot of people celebrate it on the 25th of December.
The Russian Christmas recipe formushrooms soup In Slavic countries where mushroom hunting and preserving them by drying is a national pastime, it makes sense that mushroom soup would be a Christmas Eve staple. In keeping with strict fasting rules, it is made with oil instead of butter. Some families prefer sauerkraut soup or vegetarian borshch or vegetarian solyanka served with a mini version of pelmeni only filled with cabbage, potatoes or mushrooms instead of meat. The dough for these dumplings is also made with just a tad of oil but no butter.
My resources: http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/russia.shtml http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/ http://www.saintnick.org/html/traditions.html http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htmhttp://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml