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The Flora of Russia — spanning regions of Europe and Asia. The political boundaries of Russia include areas in the biogeographic regions of Eastern Europe, Northeastern Europe, Central Asia, North Asia, and Northeast Asia. Note: The country of Russia is not a geographical unit employed in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant ...
The Russian paleographer Vyacheslav Shchepkin was the first to combine the ornamentation of Old East Slavic handwritten collections (marginal and capital decorations, capital letters of the first page of the “letter cap”) with the term floral ornament, the main element of which is a branch.
"Scarlet Sails" celebration in Saint Petersburg Russian culture (Russian: Культура России, romanized: Kul'tura Rossii, IPA: [kʊlʲˈturə rɐˈsʲiɪ]) has been formed by the nation's history, its geographical location and its vast expanse, religious and social traditions, and both Eastern [1] and Western influence. [2]
The Scarlet Flower (Russian: Аленький цветочек, romanized: Alen'kiy tsvetochek), also known as The Little Scarlet Flower [1] or The Little Red Flower, [2] is a Russian literary fairy tale written by Sergey Aksakov. It is a variation of the plot of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. [3]
It is native to Asia (China, Russia, Kazakhstan, etc.), [7] and is growing wild in parts of Europe and North and Central America as an introduced species. [ 3 ] [ 8 ] [ 7 ] Some authors split the species in two, referring to the Chinese populations as Fallopia aubertii and the Russian and Central Asian species as F. baldschuanica.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning and swiftly charged two suspects after gunmen killed scores of people at a concert outside Moscow in the ...
Russia test-fired missiles over distances of thousands of miles on Tuesday to simulate a "massive" nuclear response to an enemy first strike. "Given the growing geopolitical tensions and the ...
The Russian Federation has several official national symbols including a historical document, a flag, an emblem, a national anthem. The current design of the national flag is the same as the Russian Empire and was officially adopted again after the dissolution of the Soviet Union .