Russian Flag

Hey guys! As you can see I lied about the topic of this blog. Sorry. Anyways, instead of education, I will be informing you on the Russian flag. The flag consists of 3 equal strips: white, blue and red. These 3 colours have many different explanations of why they were used. The first one is that the colours comes from a coat of arms from the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Another version states that they are associated with the robes of the Virgin Mary. Also there is another explanation telling us that white represents God, blue is the Tsar and red stands for the peasants. These were only a few example and they are all very interesting. When talking about the colours individually, white stands for honesty and peace, the blue represents vigilance, truth, loyalty, perseverance and loyalty and finally, the red shows hardiness, bravery and strength. The current Russian flag became Russia's official flag August 21, 1991. This happened just before Russia became an independent state and before they joined the United Nations. This flag also inspired many flags in the Slavic countries in Europe. Russia also has a National flag day. This is an official holiday, but is not a day off. It is celebrated on August 22. That's it guys. Peace!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Russia
www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk/russian-flag.htm
(sorry miss.s i thought i edited these in)

Russia-Interesting Facts

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3183.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia#Language

What’s up everybody! The citizens in Russia are called Russians. The population in Russia is almost 143 millions and the annual pop. growth rate is 0.07%. 79.8% of Russia’s population is Russian, 3.8% is Tartar, 2% is Ukrainian, 1.2% Bashkir, 1.1% is Chuvash and 12.1% is a different ethnic group. Russia’s religions include Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism. Russia’s Official language is Russian; however, Russian citizens speak about 100 to more than 140 other languages. The literacy rate is 99.4% of Russia’s population (This means that almost all of their pop. knows how to read and write). Russia’s work force is an estimated 75 million people. 58.1% of these people work in services, 31.9% work in industry, the remaining 10% work in agriculture. The life expectancy for a male in Russia is 63.03 years, whereas a female’s life expectancy in Russia is 74.87 years. Next week I plan on expanding on either education or religion. See you then!

Hello fellow geo students. For the rest of the semester I will be blogging about the Russian Federation, also known as Russia. Russia has an area of 17 million squared kilometers, making it the largest country in the world. Along with it's large area, Russia has a population of 143 million people, which is the eighth most in the world. Russia extends over the northern part of Asia and covers 40% of Europe. It also covers nine different time zones. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It also is the largest oil producer and second largest natural gas producer globally. Russia has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain about one-quarter of the world's fresh water. Other large and well-known facts about Russia are their part in Soviet Union, their big role in the victory of World War II by the Allies and their technological achievements such as the world's first human spaceflight. Watch out for more posts about my country!