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svirel bayan balalaika

Music Time!These traditional instruments

are popular in Russia

Russian songs canbe very sad andvery joyful atthe same time.The rhythm canchange a lot

within one song.

Draw a line from the circle to the instrument that you think it is.

Russian PatternsBeautiful patterns were traditionally embroidered onto textiles

Can you completethe pattern by fi llingin the last square?

Can you draw your own pattern?

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bear-y InterestingRussia’s National Animal is the bear

Draw some berries for the bear to eat. Color him in.

Many bearslive in the

forests, mountainsand meadows

of Russia

Russia’sbrown bears are

the second largestbear in the world.The polar bear

is first.

Bears eatgrass, fruit,

insects, and roots.Bears that live

near watereat fish.

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Little Lost bearHelp baby bear get to his mother

Being a bear cubis not all fun andgames. Like school,cubs must followtheir mother andlearn how to find

food or hunt.

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The russian flagRussia’s national fl ag is red, white and blue

Color in the fl ags by following the color names.

Which fl ag is the largest? Which fl ag is the smallest?

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ANSWER: Middle top and bottom right are identical

Famous people!Many great artists and thinkers are Russian.

Other famousRussians include:

writer, Leo Tolstoy;composer, Pyotr

Ilyich Tchaikovsky;and ballet dancer,Rudolf Nureyev

Wassily Kandinsky was a great Russian abstract painter. Try to fi nd

which two of his paintings are identical

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Let’s Visit Saint Basil’s Cathedral

ANSWER: 13 triangles, 12 squares, 18 circles

Saint Basil’s isa very famous

cathedral. It has8 onion-shaped

towers and can befound in an area

called Red Square.

Can you count:How many triangles:

1 4 13 34

How many squares:

1 8 12 27

How many circles:

2 6 12 18

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Let’s eat! Here are some of the most famous dishes in Russia

How many whole Pirozhki can you count? 1 3 5

What is your favourite kind of food?

Borscht is atype of soup madewith beets

ANSWER: 5

Vareniki is adumpling stuffed

with cottagecheese or berries

pirozhki is a type of bun stuffed with potatoes orcabbage

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XII I

II

III

VIIIVII

X

XI

IVV

VI

Ding Dong!Spasskaya Tower is a very

popular clock to see in Russia

The clock uses Roman Numerals.Here are the numerals translated to our numbers

Which number is the big hand pointing to?

Which number is the little hand pointing to?

Can you tell what time it is?

I = 1II = 2III = 3IV = 4

V = 5VI = 6VII = 7VIII = 8

IX = 9X = 10XI = 11XII = 12

IX

XIII

II

III

VIII

VII

X

XI

IV

VVI

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Snowy pineforests called

taiga cover muchof Siberia

Deci-fur this!Complete this dot-to-dot

to see what grows in Russia

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Let’s Dance

Spot the 5 differences in these drawings

The Kalinka Dance is based on a Russian Song

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Get into the Groove!Color these dancers and cut them out. Tape them

to wooden sticks to make your own dancing puppets

1- Red2- Black3- Yellow4- Cream

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fancy footwearValenki are traditional Russian

winter boots made of felt

Decorate the Valenki to your own favourite style

To keep warmduring their long,

cold winters,Russians wear

fur hats,sheepskin coatsand felt boots.

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MATRESHKAA matreshka doll is a set of brightly painted hollow wooden

dolls of different sizes, that fi t or nest inside one another.

Put the nesting dolls in order of largest to smallest.

We’ve started it for you! Which one comes next?

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Choo-Choo!

T N R

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IR

D

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R

AI

N

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The Trans-Siberian Railway runsfrom Moscow to Vladivostok

Take the train across Siberia. Collect the letters along the way

and copy them onto the lines below. What two words do they spell?

_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

ANSWER: Train RideIn real life,each route

takes a week tocomplete if youtravel straightthrough without

stopping!

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My ABCsRussia has its own alphabet called the Cyrillic alphabet

What is the first letter in your name? Does it sound the same as in English?

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